• DocumentCode
    354807
  • Title

    Numerical simulation of femtosecond pulse propagation in air undergoing self-focusing and ionization

  • Author

    Liu, Xindong ; Braun, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    2-7 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    185
  • Lastpage
    186
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. Intense, ultrashort laser pulse propagation in gases is of considerable current interest. Recently, self-channelling of femtosecond pulses in air over 20 m in distance has been demonstrated. To better study the propagation characteristics of such pulses, we have developed a numerical code based on the paraxial wave equation.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; numerical analysis; optical self-focusing; wave equations; air; femtosecond pulse propagation; femtosecond pulses; intense ultrashort laser pulse propagation; ionization; numerical code; numerical simulation; paraxial wave equation; propagation characteristics; self-channelling; self-focusing; Electrons; Ionization; Numerical simulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Plasma density; Propagation losses; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-443-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    864540