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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363394
