研究目的
To study the effect of the group velocity dispersion on the formation of light structures during self-focusing and filamentation of femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser pulses in air.
研究成果
The study demonstrates that the radius of the energy-replenishing diffraction-beam tube and the angular divergence of a postfilament channel increase as the pulse length decreases. The coordinate of the filamentation start normalized to the Rayleigh length increases with the initial beam radius for millimeter laser beams under the effect of normal dispersion. The modified dispersion length can be used to estimate the effect of normal dispersion on self-focusing and filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in air.
研究不足
The study focuses on the propagation of femtosecond laser pulses in air and does not consider other media or conditions. The effects of normal dispersion are analyzed, but other dispersion types or nonlinear effects are not explored.