• DocumentCode
    690139
  • Title

    The effect of long timescale gas dynamics on femtosecond filamentation

  • Author

    Cheng, Yu-Heng ; Wahlstrand, J.K. ; Jhajj, N. ; Milchberg, H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that a localized and long-lived quasi-stationary gas density depression exists after filament-generated-plasma recombination. Its millisecond timescale dynamics is governed by thermal diffusion and has strong effects on high-repetition-rate filamentation and supercontinuum generation.
  • Keywords
    plasma density; plasma light propagation; plasma transport processes; supercontinuum generation; thermal diffusion; femtosecond filamentation; filament-generated-plasma recombination; high-repetition-rate filamentation; localized quasistationary gas density depression; long timescale gas dynamics; long-lived quasistationary gas density depression; millisecond timescale dynamics; supercontinuum generation; thermal diffusion; Gas lasers; Hydrodynamics; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lenses; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834532