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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201882
