Observation of channels of radiation during the propagation in air of short pulses below the collapse threshold

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6256, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Roman, Julio San ^a   Ruiz, Camilo ^a   Plaja, Luis ^a   Mendez, Cruz ^a   Diaz, Victor ^a   Arias, Isabel ^a   Roso, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collapse threshold; Femtosecond pulses; Propagation in air; Townes soliton

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE THRESHOLD; INFRARED PULSES; SHORT PULSES; TOWNES SOLITONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; SOLITONS;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 33749561616     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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