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

Junjie Xu, Han Xu, Hui Xiong, Ya Cheng*, Zhizhan Xu, Weiwei Liu, See Leang Chin

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)244-247
Number of pages4
JournalChinese Optics Letters
Volume8
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

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