Self-guiding of IR femtosecond laser pulses in air: experiments versus simulations Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The propagation of femtosecond infrared (IR) pulses exhibiting a single transverse mode within a well-defined geometry is systematically studied. Focus is on precise measurements of the length of the self-guided filaments and its inner energy, the power spectrum and the density of electrons liberated in the trail of the pulse. Data are compared in detail with results from a numerical code.

published proceedings

  • Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series

author list (cited authors)

  • Tzortzakis, S., Franco, M., Chiron, A., Lamouroux, B., Andre, Y. B., Prade, B., ... Berge, L.

complete list of authors

  • Tzortzakis, S||Franco, M||Chiron, A||Lamouroux, B||Andre, YB||Prade, B||Mysyrowicz, A||Couairon, A||Berge, L

publication date

  • December 2000