Nonlinear propagation of subpicosecond ultraviolet laser pulses in air

Stellios Tzortzakis (1) , Brigitte Lamouroux (1) , Arnaud Chiron (1) , Michel A. Franco (1) , Bernard Prade (1) , André Mysyrowicz (1) , S. D. Moustaizis (2)

1 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
2 Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas

We report filamentation of subpicosecond UV laser pulses with only millijoule energy in atmosphere. The results are in good agreement with a numerical simulation using a quasi-three-dimensional propagation code.

Mots clés: nonlinear optics; filamentation

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Stellios Tzortzakis, Brigitte Lamouroux, Arnaud Chiron, Michel A. Franco, Bernard Prade, et al.. Nonlinear propagation of subpicosecond ultraviolet laser pulses in air. Optics Letters, 2000, 25 (17), pp.1270-1272. ⟨10.1364/OL.25.001270⟩. ⟨hal-00463713⟩