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Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media
Arnaud Couairon,André Mysyrowicz +1 more
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In this paper, the main aspects of ultrashort laser pulse filamentation in various transparent media such as air (gases), transparent solids and liquids are introduced and discussed.About:
This article is published in Physics Reports.The article was published on 2007-03-01. It has received 2282 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Filamentation & Femtosecond.read more
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Re-evaluation of the peak intensity inside a femtosecond laser filament in air
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors determined the fluence distribution inside a single femtosecond laser filament in air using a simple experimental method, which exploits the capacity of a filament to drill small circular diaphragms through a thin metallic foil.
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Axiparabola: a long-focal-depth, high-resolution mirror for broadband high-intensity lasers
Slava Smartsev,Clement Caizergues,Kosta Oubrerie,Julien Gautier,Jean-Philippe Goddet,A. Tafzi,Kim Ta Phuoc,Victor Malka,Cédric Thaury +8 more
TL;DR: A reflective optics, namely, the axiparabola, is proposed that allows to extend the production of "diffraction-free" beams to high-peak-power and broadband laser pulses and is used to produce a plasma waveguide that can guide an intense laser pulse over 10 millimeters.
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Femtosecond filamentation in air and higher-order nonlinearities.
TL;DR: In this article, the instantaneous electronic Kerr effect in air exhibits a strong intensity dependence, the nonlinear refractive index switching sign and crossing over from a self-focusing to a defocusing nonlinearity.
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Limitations to laser machining of silicon using femtosecond micro-Bessel beams in the infrared
TL;DR: In this paper, high-angle femtosecond Bessel beams at 1300-nm wavelength leading to nonlinearly ionized plasma micro-channels in both glass and silicon were characterized.
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Multimode Nonlinear Fibre Optics: Theory and Applications
Peter Horak,Francesco Poletti +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the basics of such a multimode generalised nonlinear Schrodinger equation (Poletti & Horak, 2008), its simplification to experimentally relevant situations and a few select applications.
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Handbook of Mathematical Functions
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Plasma perspective on strong field multiphoton ionization.
TL;DR: During strong-field multiphoton ionization, a wave packet is formed each time the laser field passes its maximum value, and one important parameter which determines the strength of these effects is the rate at which the wave packet spreads in the direction perpendicular to the laser electric field.
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The Principles of Nonlinear Optics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a general description of wave propagation in nonlinear media, including high-resolution nonlinear optical spectroscopy, and four-wave mixing and mixing.