Experimental energy-density flux characterization of ultrashort laser pulse filaments

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8193-8200

  Faccio, Daniele ^a,e   Lotti, Antonio ^a,e   Matijosius, Aidas ^b   Bragheri, Francesca ^d,e   Degiorgio, Vittorio ^d,e   Couairon, Arnaud ^c,e   Trapani, Paolo Di ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e Centro di Cultura Scientifica Alessandro Volta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

ENERGY DENSITY FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS; FILAMENTATION; NONLINEAR KERR MEDIUM; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; SPATIO TEMPORAL;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 66449097071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008193     Document Type: Article

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