• DocumentCode
    447889
  • Title

    Control and manipulation of femtosecond laser filaments by the use of vortex phase elements

  • Author

    Fisher, Matthew ; Saunders, Thomas ; Bublenik, Matthew ; Johnson, Eric ; Siders, Craig

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    192
  • Abstract
    Diffractive optical elements, vortex phase plates of varying charge, were used as an effective method to control single and multi-filament propagation of femtosecond pulses in air. Application to few-cycle pulse generation is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    diffractive optical elements; laser beams; optical pulse generation; optical vortices; diffractive optical element; femtosecond laser filament; femtosecond pulse propagation; few-cycle pulse generation; multifilament propagation; vortex phase element; vortex phase plate; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical diffraction; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical vortices; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201722
  • Filename
    1572788