• DocumentCode
    448036
  • Title

    Femtosecond filamentation in air at low pressures

  • Author

    Mechain, G. ; Franco, M. ; Couairon, A. ; Olivier, T. ; Prade, B. ; Mysyrowicz, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. d´´Optique Appliquee, ENSTA, Palaiseau, France
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    666
  • Abstract
    We investigate the influence of air pressure on femtosecond filamentation in the laboratory, in the pressure range between 0.2 and 1 bar. Numerical simulations reproduce the main features of the experimental results.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; numerical analysis; plasma production by laser; femtosecond filamentation; low air pressure; Conductivity; Laboratories; Numerical simulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma simulation; Radiation detectors; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201882
  • Filename
    1572948