Title :
Dependence of multiple filamentation on beam ellipticity
Author :
Grow, Taylor D. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the effects of beam ellipticity on multiple filamentation. For high ellipticities the beam breaks into bands and filaments as the power is increased, and numerical simulations are in qualitative agreement.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; numerical analysis; optical glass; beam ellipticity effects; multiple filamentation; numerical simulation; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548694
