Optically turbulent femtosecond light guide in air

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Abstract

The onset and recurrence of multiple light filaments during the long-distance propagation of intense femtosecond infrared pulses in air is shown to share features with strong turbulence in other physical systems. Here, however, space-time collapse events drive the turbulence, and plasma defocusing, not dissipation, is the dominant mechanism regularizing the collapse.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2938-2941
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume83
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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