Vol. 21, issue 12, article # 8

Zemlyanov A. A., Bulygin A. D. Effective radius of femtosecond laser radiation at its self-action in a gas medium in the multiple filamentation mode. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2008. V. 21. No. 12. P. 928-933.    PDF
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Abstract:

Within the phenomenological approach with the use of multifocus model of filamentation, the equation for the Wigner function is derived to describe the propagation of high-power femtosecond laser pulse. In the approximation of the Gaussian profile of the mean intensity of laser radiation, the behavior of the laser beam effective radius is investigated.

Keywords:

effective parameters, femtosecond radiation, self-focusing, multiple filamentation, Wigner function