Oval-like hollow intensity distribution of tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses in air

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 17973-17979

  Li, Y T ^a   Xi, T T ^a   Hao, Z Q ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Peng, X Y ^a   Li, K ^a   Jin, Z ^a   Zheng, Z Y ^a   Yu, Q Z ^a   Lu, X ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

OVAL-LIKE HOLLOW INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; SELF-GUIDED PROPAGATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 37548999434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017973     Document Type: Article

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