• DocumentCode
    444060
  • Title

    Dependence of multiple filamentation on beam ellipticity

  • Author

    Grow, Taylor D. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    114
  • Abstract
    We experimentally investigate the effects of beam ellipticity on multiple filamentation. For high ellipticities the beam breaks into bands and filaments as the power is increased, and numerical simulations are in qualitative agreement.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; numerical analysis; optical glass; beam ellipticity effects; multiple filamentation; numerical simulation; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548694
  • Filename
    1548694