Title :
Recent advances in intense laser filamentation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Eng. Phys. & Opt., Laval Univ., Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Recent advances in filamentation nonlinear optics in air will be presented. These include polarization separation effect, THz generation through plasma and four wave mixing, effect of the excitation of rotational wave packet of air molecules and super-excited states excitation.
Keywords :
excited states; laser beams; multiwave mixing; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; air molecule; filamentation nonlinear optics; four wave mixing; intense laser filamentation; plasma terahertz generation; polarization separation effect; rotational wave packet excitation; super excited state excitation; Cities and towns; Four-wave mixing; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Photonics; Physics; Plasma waves; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292653
