Long-wave infrared megafilaments in air

S. Ya Tochitsky; E. C. Welch; M. N. Polyanskiy; I. V. Pogorelsky; P. Panagiotopoulos; M. Kolesik; E. M. Wright; S. W. Koch; J. V. Moloney; C. Joshi

Long-wave infrared megafilaments in air

S. Ya Tochitsky, E. C. Welch, M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, P. Panagiotopoulos, M. Kolesik, E. M. Wright, S. W. Koch, J. V. Moloney, C. Joshi

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Abstract

We demonstrate self-channeling of a terawatt picosecond CO₂ laser beam in air. A single centimeter-diameter megafilament guiding multi-Joule pulse over ~35m is observed. This self-guiding is described by a novel nonlinear propagation and ionization model.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2019
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781943580620
State	Published - 2019
Event	Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2019 - Waikoloa Beach, United States Duration: Jul 15 2019 → …

Publication series

Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Volume	Part F134-NLO 2019
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Conference	Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa Beach
Period	7/15/19 → …

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials

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Tochitsky, SY, Welch, EC, Polyanskiy, MN, Pogorelsky, IV, Panagiotopoulos, P, Kolesik, M , Wright, EM , Koch, SW , Moloney, JV & Joshi, C 2019, Long-wave infrared megafilaments in air. in Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2019. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, vol. Part F134-NLO 2019, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2019, Waikoloa Beach, United States, 7/15/19.

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Long-wave infrared megafilaments in air

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