Title :
Demonstration of long-lived high power optical waveguides in air
Author :
Jhajj, N. ; Rosentha, E.W. ; Birnbaum, R. ; Wahlstrand, J.K. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We show that femtosecond filament arrays can generate robust, very long-lived optical waveguides in air. These guides have millisecond lifetime and should be suitable for the transmission of high average power beams.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical waveguides; air; femtosecond filament arrays; high average power beams; long-lived high power optical waveguides; millisecond lifetime; transmission; Acoustic beams; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
