Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 8, Issue 2, 244(2010)

The role of refocusing in dynamic X-wave formation during femtosecond laser filamentation in water

Junjie Xu1, Han Xu1, Hui Xiong1, Ya Cheng1, Zhizhan Xu1, Weiwei Liu2, and See Leang Chin3
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 3Centre d'Optique, Photonique er Laser (COPL) and Dèpartement de Physique, de Gènie Physique et d'Optique, Universitè Laval, Quèbec, Quèbec G1K 7P4, Canada
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    With the evolution of a laser pulse in water, the formation of a nonlinear X wave during femtosecond filamentation is investigated based on numerical simulations. In particular, we analyze the far-field angularly resolved spectra obtained for different temporal portions of the ultrashort pulse during its propagation. Our result shows that the refocusing of ultrashort pulse leads to the formation of dynamic X wave which essentially manifests itself as conical emission.

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    Junjie Xu, Han Xu, Hui Xiong, Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, Weiwei Liu, See Leang Chin. The role of refocusing in dynamic X-wave formation during femtosecond laser filamentation in water[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8(2): 244

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    Received: Apr. 13, 2009

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 5, 2010

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    DOI:10.3788/COL20100802.0244

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