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The absorption of the laser beam by the medium gives then rise to an absorbed optical energy $q = \gamma I$. Assuming that all the optical energy is converted to heat, a local increase of temperature appears. Temperature distribution $T$ can be computed using heat equation:  \begin{equation}  \rho C  \frac{\partial T}{\partial t} = k \kappa  \nabla ^2 T + q \frac{q}{\rho C}  \label{eq:eqChaleur}  \end{equation}  where $\rho$ is the density, $C$ the heat capacity and $\kappa$ the thermal diffusivity.