SELF-CHANNELING OF HIGH-PEAK-POWER FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSES IN AIR

Authors
BRAUN A KORN G LIU X DU D SQUIER J MOUROU G
Citation
A. Braun et al., SELF-CHANNELING OF HIGH-PEAK-POWER FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSES IN AIR, Optics letters, 20(1), 1995, pp. 73-75
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
73 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:1<73:SOHFLI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The self-channeling of ultrashort laser pulses through 20 m of air was demonstrated. The channeled pulse was measured to have 0.75 mJ of ene rgy, a diameter of 80 mum FWHM, and a modulated spectrum. All these va lues were measured to be fairly constant during the propagation of the pulse. A preliminary model is shown to explain these results.