Title : 
Breakthroughs in Photonics 2012: Breakthroughs in Filamentation
         
        
            Author : 
Milchberg, H.M. ; Palastro, J.P. ; Wahlstrand, J.K.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Recent exciting results from research in femtosecond laser pulse filamentation in transparent media are presented, with an emphasis on experiments in gases.
         
        
            Keywords : 
gases; high-speed optical techniques; nanophotonics; self-induced transparency; femtosecond laser pulse filamentation; gases; photonics; transparent media; Free electron lasers; Gas lasers; Gases; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Ultrafast optics; Interaction; nonlinear effects; pulse propagation; supercontinuum generation;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Photonics Journal, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2253764