Four-dimensional visualization of single and multiple laser filaments using in-line holographic microscopy Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • It is shown, both through simulations and experiments, that the in-line holographic microscopy technique can be used to retrieve very small refractive-index perturbations caused during the filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses. This technique provides the possibility of having spatially and temporally (four dimensions) resolved measurements of refractive-index changes, down to 10-4, from objects with diameters as small as 10 m. Moreover, we demonstrate the power of the technique in discriminating multiple filaments in a precise quantitative way. 2011 American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

  • Abdollahpour, D., Papazoglou, D. G., & Tzortzakis, S.

citation count

  • 18

complete list of authors

  • Abdollahpour, Daryoush||Papazoglou, Dimitrios G||Tzortzakis, Stelios

publication date

  • November 2011