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Time-resolved refractive index and absorption mapping of light-plasma filaments in water

Optics 2009-11-13 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

By means of a quantitative shadowgraphic method, we performed a space-time characterization of the refractive index variation and transient absorption induced by a light-plasma filament generated by a 100 fs laser pulse in water. The formation and evolution of the plasma channel in the proximity of the nonlinear focus were observed with a 23 fs time resolution.

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@article{arxiv.0707.4409,
  title  = {Time-resolved refractive index and absorption mapping of light-plasma filaments in water},
  author = {Stefano Minardi and Amrutha Gopal and Michael Tatarakis and Arnaud Couairon Gintaras Tamosauskas and Rimtautas Piskarskas and Audrius Dubietis and Paolo Di Trapani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.4409},
  year   = {2009}
}

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