Control of femtosecond multi-filamentation in glass by designable patterned optical fields
Author(s) -
Pingping Li,
Mengqiang Cai,
JiaQi Lü,
Dan Wang,
Gui-Geng Liu,
Sheng-Xia Qian,
Yongnan Li,
Chenghou Tu,
HuiTian Wang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4971427
Subject(s) - filamentation , femtosecond , materials science , grating , optics , optoelectronics , flexibility (engineering) , spatial light modulator , laser , physics , statistics , mathematics
We present a scheme for realizing femtosecond multi-filamentation with designable quantity and locations of filaments, based on the control of multi-focal spots formed by patterned optical fields (POFs) composed of multiple individual optical fields (IOFs). A computer-controlled spatial light modulator is used to engineer the POFs. In particular, we introduce a blazed phase grating in any IOF, which increases a degree of freedom, making the engineering of multi-focal spots becomes more flexible. We achieve experimentally the aim controlling femtosecond multi-filamentation in a K9 glass. Our scheme has great flexibility and convenience in controlling the multi-filamentation in quantity and locations of filaments and strength of interaction between filaments
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