Title :
Enlargement of femtosecond laser propagation range
Author :
Ward, Hélène ; Beiye, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Phys. Theor. et Appliquee, Commissariat a l´´Energie Atomique, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France
Abstract :
Two femtosecond pulses are combined with appropriate time delay and lenses to double the length of the plasma channel created by ionization of air. Suitable parameters are estimated analytically and tested by direct numerical simulations.
Keywords :
delays; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; lenses; optical self-focusing; photoionisation; plasma production by laser; femtosecond laser propagation; ionization; lenses; plasma channel; self-focusing; time delay; Absorption; Delay effects; Electrons; Laser beams; Lenses; Nonlinear equations; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314012
