Spatially resolved filament wavefront dynamics.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
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Date de publication:
02 Jun 2020
02 Jun 2020
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received:
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10
2019
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2020
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2020
pubmed:
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2020
medline:
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2020
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epublish
Résumé
Spatially resolved wavefront measurements are presented during nonlinear self-collapse and provide the first detailed characterization of wavefront evolution during filament formation. The wavefront dynamics of key nonlinear processes including Kerr self-focusing, ionization and plasma defocusing, and dynamic spatial replenishment are identified and resolved in both the filament core and reservoir regions. These results are analyzed and interpreted with respect to numerical simulations and provide insight into fundamental aspects of filamentation. They also inform applications based on phase manipulation, such as external beam guiding, and present a new method for measuring the nonlinear index of refraction, n
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pubmed: 32488107
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65431-0
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-65431-0
pmc: PMC7265553
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eng
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