Survey on control of Multiple Filamentation induced by ultrafast laser pulses

GAO Hui; ZHAO Jia-yu; LIU Wei-wei

doi:10.3788/OPE.20132103.0598

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Survey on control of Multiple Filamentation induced by ultrafast laser pulses

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- Survey on control of Multiple Filamentation induced by ultrafast laser pulses
- Optics and Precision Engineering Vol. 21, Issue 3, Pages: 598-607(2013)
- 作者机构：
  
  南开大学现代光学研究所光学信息技术科学教育部重点实验室天津,300071
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- DOI：10.3788/OPE.20132103.0598
  CLC： 0437
- Received：11 October 2012，
  
  Revised：17 December 2012，
  
  Published Online：20 March 2013，
  
  Published：15 March 2013
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高慧赵佳宇刘伟伟. 超快激光成丝现象中多丝控制综述[J]. 光学精密工程, 2013,21(3): 598-607

GAO Hui ZHAO Jia-yu LIU Wei-wei. Survey on control of Multiple Filamentation induced by ultrafast laser pulses[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2013,21(3): 598-607
高慧赵佳宇刘伟伟. 超快激光成丝现象中多丝控制综述[J]. 光学精密工程, 2013,21(3): 598-607 DOI： 10.3788/OPE.20132103.0598.

GAO Hui ZHAO Jia-yu LIU Wei-wei. Survey on control of Multiple Filamentation induced by ultrafast laser pulses[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2013,21(3): 598-607 DOI： 10.3788/OPE.20132103.0598.

摘要

强场超快激光脉冲在光学介质中传输会引起成丝现象，而当峰值功率远大于其自聚焦阈值功率时会观察到多丝现象，一般情况下实验中观察到的多丝随机分布数量与位置不可预知。无序的多丝降低了激光光束的光斑质量，影响了光丝的能量分布，限制了超快激光脉冲成丝在实际中的应用。如何控制多丝成为当前超快激光成丝研究的热点问题。本文综述了目前控制多丝的方法，对其进行了分析比较，以期发展研究更简便实用的多丝控制方法。

Abstract

During the propagation of intense ultrafast laser pulses in transparent optical media

filamentation will take place. Particularly

when the laser power is great higher than the critical power for self-focusing

multiple filaments will be observed. In practical experiments

multiple filaments are randomly distributed; the number and location of the filaments are unpredictable. The irregular distribution of filaments will decrease the quality of the beam and constitutes a serious drawback in practical applications. Thus

the study of controlling multiple filamentation has become quite active. In this paper

the methods of controlling the multiple filaments are reviewed

analyzed and compared

aiming for developing more efficient method to control multiple filamentation.

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