Filamentation without intensity clamping

Prem Kiran, P. ; Bagchi, Suman ; Arnold, Cord L. ; Krishnan, Siva Rama ; Kumar, G. Ravindra ; Couairon, Arnaud (2010) Filamentation without intensity clamping Optics Express, 18 (20). pp. 21504-21510. ISSN 1094-4087

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Abstract

We present measurements of the supercontinuum emission (SCE) from ultrashort Ti:Saph laser pulse filamentation in air in a tightly focused geometry. The spectral broadening of SCE indicates that peak intensities exceed the clamping value of a few 1013 W/cm2 obtained for filamentation in a loose focusing geometry by at least one order of magnitude. We provide an interpretation for this regime of filamenation without intensity clamping.

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