• 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