Range of plasma filaments created in air by a multi-terawatt femtosecond laser

G. Méchain; C. D'Amico; Y. B. André; S. Tzortzakis; M. Franco; B. Prade; A. Mysyrowicz; A. Couairon; E. Salmon; R. Sauerbrey

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2004.11.052

Range of plasma filaments created in air by a multi-terawatt femtosecond laser

G. Méchain
, C. D'Amico
, Y. B. André
, S. Tzortzakis
, M. Franco
, B. Prade
, A. Mysyrowicz
, A. Couairon
, E. Salmon
, R. Sauerbrey

Centre national de la recherche scientifique
IGFL, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1
Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik

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Abstract

The propagation of a multi-terawatt femtosecond laser pulse in air is studied as a function of initial chirp. The chirp conditions for optimising air ionisation at long distance are presented. Ionisation channels are observed over a distance reaching 400 m.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-180
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	247
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2004.11.052
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2005

Keywords

Femtosecond filamentation
Ultrashort laser pulses

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