Self-Guided Intense Laser Pulse Propagation in Air

We report on observation of self-guiding of picosecond laser pulses in air that produces large-scale self-phase modulation. The converging picosecond laser beam produced a confined filament over 3 m of propagation with the whitelight spectrum.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: R. Danielius, D. Mikalauskas, A. Dubietis, A. Piskarskas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2001-06-01
Series:Nonlinear Analysis
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Online Access:http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/nonlinear-analysis/article/view/15222
Description
Summary:We report on observation of self-guiding of picosecond laser pulses in air that produces large-scale self-phase modulation. The converging picosecond laser beam produced a confined filament over 3 m of propagation with the whitelight spectrum.
ISSN:1392-5113
2335-8963