Abstract
The transverse profile of a laser beam, determined by diffraction, is altered if the beam propagates through a medium with nonlinearity. Specifically, when a saturated amplifier is in the beam path of an image-relaying system, significant changes of the imaging properties occur. In this paper results of an experimental and theoretical study of this phenomenon are reported. It is shown that the effect may have consequences for the design of an image-relaying system of a high-power laser chain.
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