Demonstration of spontaneously generated conical waves during ultrashort laser pulse filamentation in air
Conference Paper
Publication Date:
2008
abstract:
Measurements and simulations show that X-waves are spontaneously generated during filamentation in air. This explains the sub-diffractive propagation of filaments beyond the end of the plasma channel generated by multiphoton ionization. © 2008 Optical Society of America.
Iris type:
Relazione (in Volume)
List of contributors:
Averchi, A.; Faceio, D.; Lotti, A.; Di Trapani, P.; Couairon, A.; Papazoglou, D.; Tzortzakis, S.
Book title:
Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series