Breakup and fusion of self-guided femtosecond light pulses in air.

作者: S. Tzortzakis , L. Bergé , A. Couairon , M. Franco , B. Prade

DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.86.5470

关键词: Kerr effectPhysicsInstabilityFilamentationFemtosecondBeam (structure)Electromagnetic pulseModulational instabilityBreakupOptics

摘要: We report experiments showing the breakup and the merging of filaments formed by the modulational instability of femtosecond optical pulses in air. For input powers as high as 25 …

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