• DocumentCode
    500249
  • Title

    Manipulation of an optical/plasma filament propagating in atmosphere using quantum molecular alignment wakes

  • Author

    Varma, S. ; Chen, Y.-H. ; Milchberg, H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An ultrafast pulse filaments in atmosphere and is injected into a quantum molecular alignment wake following a previous filament. The second filament can be enhanced or destroyed, depending on the phase of alignment it encounters.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light propagation; optical filament; plasma filament; quantum molecular alignment wakes; ultrafast pulse filaments; Atmosphere; Delay; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Plasmas; Polarization; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; (020.1670) Coherent optical effects; 320.7110 Ultrafast nonlinear optics (020.0020);
  • 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
    5225633