Elongation of femtosecond filament by molecular alignment in air

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 21060-21065

  Cai, Hua ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Bai, Xueshi ^a   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; LASER PULSES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

FEMTOSECOND FILAMENTS; FOCUSING CONDITIONS; FOCUSING EFFECT; PLASMA CHANNEL; PRE-ALIGNED;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; TIME;

AIR; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHYSICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70749093110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021060     Document Type: Article

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