VACUUM-FIELD-INDUCED FILAMENTATION IN LASER-BEAM PROPAGATION

Authors
NAGASAKO EM BOYD RW AGARWAL GS
Citation
Em. Nagasako et al., VACUUM-FIELD-INDUCED FILAMENTATION IN LASER-BEAM PROPAGATION, Physical review. A, 55(2), 1997, pp. 1412-1415
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
55
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1412 - 1415
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1997)55:2<1412:VFILP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We show that filamentation initiated by quantum fluctuations is a proc ess that limits the intensity of a laser beam that can propagate stabl y through a nonlinear optical medium. We also describe the experimenta l signatures of this process, which allow it to be distinguished from classical processes such as filamentation induced by wave-front irregu larities.