Break-up, coalescence and self-guiding of femtosecond laser pulses in air

A. Couairon; L. Bergé; S. Tzortzakis; M. Franco; A. Chiron; B. Lamouroux; Y-B. André; B. Prade; A. Mysyrowicz

doi:10.1364/NLO.2000.WD3

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications
OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2000),
paper WD3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/NLO.2000.WD3

Break-up, coalescence and self-guiding of femtosecond laser pulses in air

A. Couairon, L. Bergé, S. Tzortzakis, M. Franco, A. Chiron, B. Lamouroux, Y-B. André, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications 2000

Kaua'i-Lihue, Hawaii United States
ISBN: 1-55752-645-1

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A. Couairon, L. Bergé, S. Tzortzakis, M. Franco, A. Chiron, B. Lamouroux, Y. André, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Break-up, coalescence and self-guiding of femtosecond laser pulses in air," in Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, T. Li, ed., Vol. 46 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2000), paper WD3.

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Abstract

Femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air are investigated. For input powers as high as 25 times the self-focusing threshold, the pulses are shown to break up into two spots, which coalesce into a self-guided beam.

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