The formation of an intense filament controlled by interference of ultraviolet femtosecond pulses
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062 (China)
We experimentally investigated the formation of a wavelength-scale photonic plasma grating induced by interference-assisted coalescence of two noncollinear ultraviolet femtosecond laser pulses. The period of the created plasma grating decreased with the crossing angle of the interacting laser pulses. For a proper small crossing angle, the noncollinear ultraviolet filaments were coalesced and an intense single ultraviolet filament was formed with a diameter of 5 {mu}m which was below the focused limitation. This may provide a way to control ultraviolet femtosecond filamentation.
- OSTI ID:
- 21518319
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 98; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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