Far-field spectral characterization of conical emission and filamentation in Kerr media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 862-869

  Faccio, Daniele ^a   Di Trapani, Paolo ^a   Minardi, Stefano ^a,d   Bramati, Alberto ^a,e   Bragheri, Francesca ^b   Liberale, Carlo ^b   Degiorgio, Vittorio ^b   Dubietis, Audrius ^c   Matijosius, Aidas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^e LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SPECTROMETERS;

CONICAL EMISSION; FAR FIELD SPECTRA; FEMTOSECOND PULSES; FILAMENTATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 18144397828     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000862     Document Type: Article

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