Optimal control of filamentation in air
Author(s) -
Roland Ackermann,
Estelle Salmon,
N. Lascoux,
Jérôme Kasparian,
Philipp Rohwetter,
K. Stelmaszczyk,
Shaohui Li,
Albrecht Lindinger,
L. Wöste,
Pierre Béjot,
Luigi Bonacina,
JeanPierre Wolf
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.2363941
Subject(s) - filamentation , chirp , ionization , physics , laser , detector , optics , plasma , pulse (music) , ion , quantum mechanics
The authors demonstrate optimal control of the propagation of ultrashort, ultraintense (multiterawatt) laser pulses in air over distances up to 36m in a closed-loop scheme. They optimized three spectral ranges within the white-light continuum as well as the ionization efficiency. Optimization results in signal enhancements by typical factors of 2 and 1.4 for the target parameters. The optimization results in shorter pulses by reducing their chirp in the case of white-light continuum generation, while they correct the pulse from its defects and set the filamentation onset near the detector as far as air ionization is concerned
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