DocumentCode
2666820
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
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-749-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2003.238571
Filename
1276050
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