Published July 8, 2013 | Version v1
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Tailoring femtosecond laser pulse filamentation using plasma photonic lattices

  • 1. Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion (Greece)
  • 2. Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 71003 Heraklion (Greece)
  • 3. Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau (France)

Description

We demonstrate experimentally that by using transient plasma photonic lattices, the attributes of intense femtosecond laser filaments, such as peak intensity and length, can be dynamically controlled. The extended plasma lattice structure is generated using two co-propagating non-diffracting intense Bessel beams in water. The use of such transient lattice structures to control the competition between linear and nonlinear effects involved in filamentation opens the way for extensive control of the filamentation process

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 021106-021106.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44078591
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
BEAMS; FILAMENTS; LASER RADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PLASMA PRODUCTION; PULSES; TRANSIENTS; VELOCITY; WATER
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATIONS; TRANSMISSION

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