Femtosecond laser induced plasma diffraction gratings in air

Author

Suntsov, S. ; Abdollahpour, D. ; Papazoglou, D.G. ; Tzortzakis, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Struct. & Laser, Found. for Res. & Technol. Hellas, Heraklion, Greece

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The creation of a volume plasma density grating in air by two intersecting high-intensity IR femtosecond laser pulses is demonstrated experimentally. The detailed characterization of the grating is conducted based on its diffraction properties.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; laser beams; plasma density; femtosecond laser pulse; high-intensity IR laser pulse; laser beam focusing; laser-plasma interactions; plasma diffraction gratings; volume plasma density grating; Diffraction gratings; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Probes; Ultrafast optics; (190.2055) Dynamic gratings; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices; (190.5940) Self-action effects; (320.2250) Femtosecond phenomena; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225133