Features of Femtosecond Laser Radiation Filamentation in Air under Aberration Focusing.

Autor: Apeksimov, D. V., Geints, Yu. E., Kabanov, A. M., Petrov, A. V., Khoroshaeva, E. E.
Zdroj: Atmospheric & Oceanic Optics; Oct2022, Vol. 35 Issue 5, p467-474, 8p
Abstrakt: Results of laboratory experiments on control of the filamentation domain of a focused femtosecond laser beam with a spatially structured (with a deformable mirror) wavefront are described. Aberration beams consisting of coherent interleaved ring subapertures obtained with a deformable mirror of specific form are studied. This allows producing inhomogeneities in the distribution of the optical field amplitude during laser beam propagation; these inhomogeneities can subsequently become seeds for light filaments. This approach to control high-power radiation filamentation does not require compensation for distortions of the initial beam profile; on the contrary, it is based on a controllable introduction of pre-calculated wavefront aberrations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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