Title :
Plasma waveguide arrays from filament interaction in air
Author :
Yang, Xuan ; Wu, Jian ; Peng, Yan ; Tong, Yuqi ; Lu, Peifen ; Ding, Liang´en ; Zeng, Heping
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Precision Spectrosc., East China Normal Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate the formation of 1D and 2D plasma waveguide arrays induced by the strong interactions of non-collinearly femtosecond-pulse-induced filaments in air. The periodic self-channeling is evidenced by the direct observation of the filament coalescence.
Keywords :
Interference; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Pulse modulation; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
