Abstract
The diameter of the (self-)focus resulting from self-focusing of picosecond pulses in transparent media is limited by ionization of the medium via an avalanche process.1 For femtosecond pulses, the limiting mechanism has yet to be determined experimentally.
© 1997 Optical Society of America
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