ANOMALOUS LONG-RANGE PROPAGATION OF FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSES THROUGH AIR - MOVING FOCUS OR PULSE SELF-GUIDING

Authors
LANGE HR GRILLON G RIPOCHE JF FRANCO MA LAMOUROUX B PRADE BS MYSYROWICZ A NIBBERING ETJ CHIRON A
Citation
Hr. Lange et al., ANOMALOUS LONG-RANGE PROPAGATION OF FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSES THROUGH AIR - MOVING FOCUS OR PULSE SELF-GUIDING, Optics letters, 23(2), 1998, pp. 120-122
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
120 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:2<120:ALPOFL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Self-guided propagation of femtosecond laser pulses is studied for a c onverging-beam configuration. Channeling of the pulse energy through v arious gases is observed over distances well beyond the lens focal poi nt, a fact that cannot be explained by the moving-focus model. The res ults are in good agreement with three-dimensional numerical simulation s. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.