Control of filamentation induced by femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 10424-10430

  Jin, Z ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Xu, M H ^a   Lu, X ^a   Li, Y T ^a   Wang, Z H ^a   Wei, Z Y ^a   Yuan, X H ^b   Yu, W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

DIVERGENCE ANGLE; FILAMENTATION; SELF-FOCUSING;

INCANDESCENT LAMPS;

EID: 28944451634     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010424     Document Type: Article

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