Near- and far-field evolution of laser pulse filaments in Kerr media

Faccio, D. , Matijosius, A., Dubietis, A., Piskarskas, R., Varanavičius, A., Gaizauskas, E., Piskarskas, A., Couairon, A. and Di Trapani, P. (2005) Near- and far-field evolution of laser pulse filaments in Kerr media. Physical Review E, 72(3), 037601. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.037601) (PMID:16241627)

Abstract

Measurements of the spatio-temporal and far-field profiles of ultrashort laser pulses experiencing conical emission, continuum generation, and beam filamentation in a Kerr medium outline the spontaneous formation of wave packets with X-like features, thus supporting recent numerical results [M. Kołesik, E. Wright, and J. Moloney, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 253901 (2004)]. Numerical simulations show good agreement with experimental data.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: Financial support from FIRB01, COFIN04 projects from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR), and by the Access to Research Infrastructures activity in the Sixth Framework Programme of the EU (Contract No. RII3-CT- 2003-506350, Laserlab Europe).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Faccio, Professor Daniele
• Authors: Faccio, D., Matijosius, A., Dubietis, A., Piskarskas, R., Varanavičius, A., Gaizauskas, E., Piskarskas, A., Couairon, A., and Di Trapani, P.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physical Review E
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• ISSN: 1539-3755
• ISSN (Online): 1550-2376