Moving-focus versus self-waveguiding model for long-distance propagation of femtosecond pulses in air

Michal Mlejnek; Ewan M. Wright; Jerome V. Moloney

doi:10.1109/3.806580

Moving-focus versus self-waveguiding model for long-distance propagation of femtosecond pulses in air

Michal Mlejnek, Ewan M. Wright, Jerome V. Moloney

Optical Sciences, College of

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Abstract

Experiments on focused femtosecond pulse propagation in air in the infrared which can test whether a strict moving-focus model interpretation is applicable were recently analyzed by Lange et al. Using numerical simulations, we show that filament propagation can be given a consistent interpretation in terms of the dynamic spatial replenishment model. While the moving-focus model cannot explain the persistence of a filament past the linear focus, the self-waveguiding model also presents problems of interpretation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1771-1776
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	35
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/3.806580
State	Published - Dec 1999

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
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