Observation of spontaneous self-channeling of light in air below the collapse threshold

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Ruiz, C ^a   San Roman J ^a   Mendez C ^a   Diaz V ^a   Plaja, L ^a   Arias, I ^a   Roso, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE THRESHOLD; FILAMENTATION; SELF-CHANNELING OF LIGHT; TRANSVERSAL BEAM DISTRIBUTION;

INFRARED RADIATION; IONIZATION; SOLITONS; STABILITY; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 27144533157     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.053905     Document Type: Article

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