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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    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," Chin.Opt.Lett. 8, 244 (2010)

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    Received: Apr. 13, 2009

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    Published Online: Mar. 5, 2010

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    DOI:10.3788/COL20100802.0244

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