DocumentCode
1770214
Title
Enhanced spectral broadening and beam collimation from pulse-sequence induced filamentation
Author
Rosenthal, E.W. ; Jhajj, N. ; Birnbaum, R. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Filaments in air, induced by pulse trains of four ultrashort pulses, each separated by the rotational revival time of nitrogen exhibit an increased degree of spectral broadening and collimation over the single pulse filament case.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; nitrogen; optical collimators; spectral line broadening; N; beam collimation enhancement; nitrogen rotational revival time; pulse-sequence induced filamentation; spectral broadening enhancement; ultrashort pulses; Delays; Focusing; Laser beams; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Plasmas; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988803
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