Losses and intensity clamping during filamentation of mid-IR pulses in ambient air

Authors :: A. M. Zheltikov
Aleksandr V. Mitrofanov
Daniil Kartashov
A. A. Voronin
Audrius Pugzlys
Valentina Shumakova
Skirmantas Alisauskas
Andrius Baltuška
D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov
Source :: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: OSA, 2017.
Abstract: Different regimes of filamentation of multi-millijoule mid-infrared pulses in ambient air can be achieved by varying focusing conditions and chirp of the driving pulses. Dynamic absorption losses are identified as a possible mechanism of observed plasma-less filamentation.

Subjects :: Materials science
business.industry
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
Clamping
Ambient air
020210 optoelectronics & photonics
Optics
Filamentation
0103 physical sciences
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Chirp
010306 general physics
business
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Intensity (heat transfer)

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