• DocumentCode
    412191
  • Title

    Filamentation of 1064 nm femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air

  • Author

    Duan, Z.L. ; Chen, J.P. ; Xie, X.H. ; Fang, Z.B. ; Lin, L.H. ; Xu, Z.Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for High Intensity Opt., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We report a filament generated by 1064 nm, 2 mJ-level femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air. A 2.8 m-long filament was observed using femtosecond laser pulses from a multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric light propagation; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical self-focusing; plasma production by laser; 1064 nm; 2 mJ; 2.8 m; atmospheric laser pulse propagation; femtosecond laser pulses; laser filamentation; multiterawatt laser system; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; Laser modes; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298342