Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1540269 | Optics Communications | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We present experimental studies of filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse in air at low pressures. The evolution of the filament has been studied by measuring along the propagation axis the conductivity and the sub-THz emission from the plasma channel. We show experimentally that the filamentation process occurs at pressures as low as 0.2 atm in agreement with numerical simulations. Experimental and numerical results [A. Couairon, M. Franco, G. Méchain, T. Olivier, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, Opt. Commun., submitted for publication] are compared and the possible sources of discrepancy are discussed.
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Authors
G. Méchain, T. Olivier, M. Franco, A. Couairon, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz,