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Long-Lived Waveguides and Sound Wave Generation by Laser Filamentation

Optics 2014-01-03 v2

Abstract

We discover long-lived (microsecond-scale) optical waveguiding in the wake of atmospheric laser filaments. We also observe the formation and then outward propagation of the consequent sound wave. These effects may be used for remote induction of atmospheric long-lived optical structures from afar which could serve for a variety of applications.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3588,
  title  = {Long-Lived Waveguides and Sound Wave Generation by Laser Filamentation},
  author = {Liad Levi and Oren Lahav and Ron A. Nemirovsky and Jonathan Nemirovsky and Itai Orr and Ido Kaminer and Mordechai Segev and Oren Cohen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3588},
  year   = {2014}
}