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- Title
Manipulation by multiple filamentation of subpicosecond TW KrF laser beam.
- Authors
Zvorykin, V. D.; Smetanin, I. V.; Ustinovskii, N. N.; Shutov, A. V.
- Abstract
A self-focusing of TW-level subpicosecond UV KrF laser pulses in ambient air produces a few 100 randomly distributed filaments over 100-m propagation distance. A control of multiple filamentation process by a number of methods was demonstrated in the present work envisaging applications for a HV discharge guiding, remote excitation of an atmospheric air laser, MW radiation transfer by virtual plasma waveguide, as well as filamentation suppression to improve short pulse parameters in direct amplification scheme. Under the laser beam focusing, a multitude of filaments coalesced into a superfilament with highly increased intensity and plasma conductivity. A superradiant forward lasing was obtained in the superfilament around 1.07-µm wavelength of atmospheric nitrogen. A regular 2D array of a 100 superfilaments was configured over 20-m distance by Fresnel diffraction on periodic amplitude masks. Effective Kerr defocusing and a subsequent filaments suppression over 50-m distance was demonstrated in Xe due to 2-photon resonance of laser radiation with 6p state being accompanied by a narrow-angle coherent conical emission at 828-nm wavelength.
- Subjects
KRYPTON fluoride lasers; FILAMENTATION instability; LASER beams; PLASMA waveguides; ATMOSPHERIC nitrogen
- Publication
Applied Physics B: Lasers & Optics, 2018, Vol 124, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0946-2171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00340-018-6942-9