Effect of laser beam induced nonlinearity on the performance of crystalline lens

This paper presents the performance of the human crystalline lens having gradient index (GRIN) structure in the presence of a moderate power laser pulse. Nonlinear dynamical equations have been set-up governing the laser pulse propagation in the lens by taking into account the nonlinearity introduced by the laser pulse. Semi-analytical results have been obtained by using the paraxial ray approximation when GRIN and nonlinearity effects are simultaneously present. Performance of the lens has been analyzed in two explicit cases. In the first case, only the GRIN structure is considered while in the second case the nonlinearity and the GRIN both are considered. A moderate power laser pulse can be used for self-focusing in the crystalline lens when GRIN effects alone are not sufficient to focus the laser pulse in the crystalline lens.