Characterization of conical emission of light filaments in media with anomalous dispersion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-584

  Porras, Miguel Angel ^a   Dubietis, Audrius ^b   Matijošius, Aidas ^b   Piskarskas, Rimtautas ^b   Bragheri, Francesca ^c   Averchi, Alessandro ^d   Di Trapani, Paolo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; TUNING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CONICAL EMISSION; LIGHT FILAMENTS; WAVELENGTH DETUNING;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 34047160491     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000581     Document Type: Article

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