Title :
Filamentation in air with twin femtosecond laser pulses
Author :
Mechain, G. ; Couairon, A. ; Tzortzakis, S. ; Franco, M. ; Prade, B. ; Mysyrowicz, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Optique Appliquee, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We study filamentation in air using a sequence of two intense IR femtosecond laser pulses with variable delay. Increased filament length and pulse shortening is observed, in agreement with simulations.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; laser beams; nonlinear optics; optical pulse compression; plasma diagnostics; IR laser pulses; filamentation; plasma diagnostics; plasma filaments; pulse shortening; twin femtosecond laser pulses; Conductivity; Delay; Laser theory; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma simulation; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238571
