Control of the configuration of multiple femtosecond filaments in air by adaptive wavefront manipulation

Englesbe, Alexander C. and He, Zhaohan and Nees, John A. and Thomas, Alexander G. R. and Schmitt-Sody, Andreas and Krushelnick, Karl (2016) Control of the configuration of multiple femtosecond filaments in air by adaptive wavefront manipulation. Optics Express, 24 (6). pp. 6071-6082. ISSN 1094-4087

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Abstract

We demonstrate the ability to position single and multiple filaments arbitrarily within the energy reservoir of a high power femtosecond laser pulse. A deformable mirror controlled by a genetic algorithm finds the optimal phase profile for producing filaments at user-defined locations within the energy reservoir to within a quarter of the nominal filament size, on average. This proof-of-principle experiment demonstrates a potential technique for fast control of the configuration of the filaments. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Optics Express
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3107
Subjects:
?? WHITE-LIGHT FILAMENTSLASER-PULSESPOWERBEAMDYNAMICSATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS, AND OPTICS ??
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79679
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Deposited On:
20 May 2016 12:54
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Yes
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Published
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