Title :
Filamentation with third-harmonic generation of femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air
Author :
Duan, Z.L. ; Chen, J.P. ; Fang, Z.B. ; Li, R.X. ; Lin, L.H. ; Xu, Z.Z.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for High Intensity Opt., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
It is shown experimentally that during the femtosecond laser pulse filamentation in air an intense third-harmonic pulse is generated and the characters of filament are inferred by the distribution of the third-harmonic intensity.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; air; femtosecond laser pulse filamentation; femtosecond laser pulses propagation; intense third-harmonic pulse generation; Ionization; Laser beams; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Plasma measurements; 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.2003.1274597
