Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group
Conferences > NLO > 2000 > WD > 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

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

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.

© 2000 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
Self-guiding of IR femtosecond laser pulses in air: Experiments versus simulations

S. Tzortzakis, M. Franco, A. Chiron, B. Lamouroux, Y.-B. André, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, and L. Bergé
QWL5 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO:FS) 2000

Shortening of a picosecond laser pulse during the self-guided propagation in air

R. Danielius, D. Mikalauskas, A. Dubictis, and A. Piskarskas
PS95 The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe) 2001

Self-channeling of intense femtosecond laser pulses in air

A. Braun, X. Liu, G. Korn, D. Du, J. Squier, and G. Mourou
JFA7 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1994

View More...
Select as filters
Select Topics Cancel
Top
       
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All rights reserved, including rights for text and data mining and training of artificial technologies or similar technologies.
Privacy | Terms of Use