Light filaments without self-channeling

被引：154

作者：

Dubietis, A

Gaizauskas, E

Tamosauskas, G

Di Trapani, P

机构：

[1] Vilnius State Univ, Dept Quantum Elect, LT-2040 Vilnius, Lithuania

[2] Univ Insubria, INFM, IT-22100 Como, Italy

[3] Univ Insubria, Dept Math & Phys, IT-22100 Como, Italy

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 92卷 / 25期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.253903

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The propagation of intense 200 fs pulses in water reveals light filaments not sustained by static balance between Kerr-induced self-focusing and plasma-induced defocusing. Numerical calculations outline the occurrence of a possible scenario where filaments appear because of spontaneous reshaping of the Gaussian input beam into a conical wave, driven by the requirement of maximum localization, maximum stationarity, and minimum nonlinear losses.

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页码：253903 / 1

页数：4

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