Effect of light polarization on plasma distribution and filament formation

We show that, for 200 fs light pulses at 790 nm, the formation of filaments is strongly affected by the laser light polarization . Filamentation does not exist for a pure circularly polarized light, propagating in vacuum before focusing in air, while there is no difference for focusing the light in...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2012-06
Main Authors: Arissian, L, Mirell, D, Yeak, J, Rostami, S, J -C Diels
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circular polarization
Filaments
Focusing
Light
Linear polarization
Polarized light
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Summary:We show that, for 200 fs light pulses at 790 nm, the formation of filaments is strongly affected by the laser light polarization . Filamentation does not exist for a pure circularly polarized light, propagating in vacuum before focusing in air, while there is no difference for focusing the light in air or vacuum for linearly polarized light.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1206.6933