Title :
Laser filamentation of a femtosecond pulse in air at 400 nm
Author :
Nelson, T.R. ; Luk, T.S. ; Bernstein, A.C. ; Cameron, S.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Nonlinear propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in air has been a subject of great interest in recent years, with a large amount of work being done at 800nm due to the availability of broadband IR laser materials. Recent studies have begun to examine the nonlinear propagation of laser pulses at wavelengths other than 800nm. In this paper we present what to the best of our knowledge is the first rigorous measurements of the characteristics of laser filaments at 400 nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical frequency conversion; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 400 nm; Ti:sapphire laser; broadband IR laser materials; femtosecond pulse; laser filamentation; laser filaments; laser system; nonlinear propagation; ultrashort laser pulses; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse compression methods; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2001. QELS '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-663-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2001.962222
