Optika Atmosfery i Okeana Journal

Vol. 31, issue 12, article # 1

Apeksimov D. V., Geints Yu. E., Zemlyanov A. A., Iglakova A. N., Kabanov A. M., Kuchinskaya O. A., Matvienko G. G., Oshlakov V. K., Petrov A. V. The effect of phase aberrations on the position and length of the filamentation domain. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2018. V. 31. No. 12. P. 941–947. DOI: 10.15372/AOO20181201 [in Russian].
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Abstract:

The results of experimental and theoretical studies of femtosecond laser pulse filamentation with use of a bimorph deformable mirror are presented. The mirror allows controlling the position of the filamentation domain throughout a model path due to phase distortions of different parts of a laser beam, determining localization of filaments and high-intensity channels in the beam cross section, and forming long (> 100 m) high-intensity (10¹¹– 10¹² W/cm²) weakly diverging plasma-free channels.

Keywords:

femtosecond laser pulse, filamentation, deformable mirror

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