DocumentCode
2020584
Title
Experimental observation of a phase transition in the filament generation process in Kerr media
Author
Centurion, Martin ; Pu, Ye ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2004
Firstpage
625
Abstract
This work presents phase transition observation in the filament generation process in Kerr media. This study presents experimental and numerical results on the dependence of the beam filamentation on input power and propagation length.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; optical Kerr effect; phase transformations; plasma production by laser; Kerr media; beam filamentation; femtosecond pulse propagation; filament generation; phase transition; Computer simulation; Laser modes; Methanol; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Power engineering and energy; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8557-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363394
Filename
1363394
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