Effect of light polarization on plasma distribution and filament formation
Optics
2015-06-05 v1 Plasma Physics
Abstract
We show that, for 200 fs light pulses at 790 nm, the formation of filaments is strongly affected by the laser light polarization . Filamentation does not exist for a pure circularly polarized light, propagating in vacuum before focusing in air, while there is no difference for focusing the light in air or vacuum for linearly polarized light.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1206.6933,
title = {Effect of light polarization on plasma distribution and filament formation},
author = {L. Arissian and D. Mirell and J. Yeak and S. Rostami and J. -C. Diels},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.6933},
year = {2015}
}
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4pages 2 figures