Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 24, 2408001(2022)

Diffraction Analysis of Femtosecond Laser Filaments

Hengyi Zheng1,2, Fukang Yin1,2, Tiejun Wang1,2、*, Yaoxiang Liu1, Yingxia Wei1, Bin Zhu3, Kainan Zhou3, and Yuxin Leng1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Laser Fusion Research Center and Science & Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621999, Sichuan, China
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    Hengyi Zheng, Fukang Yin, Tiejun Wang, Yaoxiang Liu, Yingxia Wei, Bin Zhu, Kainan Zhou, Yuxin Leng. Diffraction Analysis of Femtosecond Laser Filaments[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(24): 2408001

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    Paper Information

    Category: nonlinear optics

    Received: Apr. 10, 2022

    Accepted: Jun. 27, 2022

    Published Online: Nov. 15, 2022

    The Author Email: Wang Tiejun (tiejunwang@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.2408001

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