Filamentation length of powerful laser pulses

A. Couairon

doi:10.1007/s00340-003-1217-4

Filamentation length of powerful laser pulses

A. Couairon

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From a theoretical model for the propagation of high-power laser pulses in air over long distances, we derive analytical estimates for the length of an infrared light filament as a function of the pulse duration and beam energy. For a fixed energy per pulse, a maximum filamentation length is shown to be obtained for a specific pulse duration. These estimates are in agreement with the results of numerical simulations and measurements available in the literature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	789-792
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	76
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1217-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2003

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