Phase stability and diffraction effects in self-focused white light filaments in water and glass

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5620, Issue , 2004, Pages 218-227

  Lamb, Robert A ^a   Cook, Kevin ^b   Kar, Ajoy K ^b  

^a Optronics Department   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Femtosecond; Filament; Laser; Optical Kerr effect; Remote sensing; Self focusing; White light continuum

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LENSES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; FILAMENT FORMATION; SELF-FOCUSING; WHITE LIGHT CONTINUUM;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 17444401626     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.578075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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