Spatio-temporal reshaping and X Wave dynamics in optical filaments

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 13077-13095

  Faccio, D ^a   Averchi, A ^a   Couairon, A ^b   Kolesik, M ^c   Moloney, J V ^c   Dubietis, A ^d   Tamosauskas, G ^d   Polesana, P ^d   Piskarskas, A ^d   Di Trapani, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT MODULATION; PUMPING (LASER); STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FILAMENTATION PROCESS; OPTICAL FILAMENTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESHAPING; X WAVE FORMATION;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 35148859670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013077     Document Type: Article

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