Femtosecond laser filamentation in simulated atmospheric turbulence [Invited]

Jiewei Guo; Lu Sun; Yuezheng Wang; Jiayun Xue; Zhi Zhang; Haiyi Liu; Shishi Tao; Wenqi Qian; Pengfei Qi; Lie Lin; Weiwei Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202321.110004

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 11, 110004(2023)

Femtosecond laser filamentation in simulated atmospheric turbulence [Invited]

Jiewei Guo^1,2, Lu Sun^1,2, Yuezheng Wang^1,2, Jiayun Xue^1,2, Zhi Zhang^1,3、*, Haiyi Liu^1,2, Shishi Tao^1,2, Wenqi Qian^1,2, Pengfei Qi^1,2, Lie Lin^1,3, and Weiwei Liu^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Institute of Modern Optics, Eye Institute, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China

²Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China

³Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Tianjin 300350, China

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Special Issue: SPECIAL ISSUE ON OISE MAJOR JOINTLY ESTABLISHED BY TIANJIN UNIVERSITY AND NANKAI UNIVERSITY

Received: Sep. 7, 2023

Accepted: Oct. 4, 2023

Published Online: Nov. 13, 2023

The Author Email: Zhi Zhang (zhangzhi@nankai.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.110004

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