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
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);
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
