Laser filamentation as a new phase transition universality class
Pattern Formation and Solitons
2015-06-23 v1 Optics
Abstract
We show that the onset of laser multiple filamentation can be described as a critical phenomenon that we characterize both experimentally and numerically by measuring a set of seven critical exponents. This phase transition deviates from any existing universality class, and offers a unique perspective of conducting two-dimensional experiments of statistical physics at a human scale.
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@article{arxiv.1501.01132,
title = {Laser filamentation as a new phase transition universality class},
author = {Wahb Ettoumi and Jérôme Kasparian and Jean-Pierre Wolf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.01132},
year = {2015}
}
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8 pages, 9 figures