Title :
Self-focusing and filamentation of ultrafast laser pulses in optical media: physics and applications
Author_Institution :
Laval Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract :
Powerful femtosecond laser pulses can self-focus in any optical medium leaving behind traces of plasma columns called filaments, mm in length in condensed matters and km in the atmosphere.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical self-focusing; condensed matters; optical media; plasma columns; powerful femtosecond laser pulses; ultrafast laser pulses filamentation; ultrafast laser pulses self-focusing; Atmosphere; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Physics; Plasma applications; Power lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274586
