title: Optical rogue wave statistics in laser filamentation.
abstract: We experimentally observed optical rogue wave statistics during high power femtosecond pulse filamentation in air. We characterized wavelength-dependent intensity fluctuations across 300 nm broadband filament spectra generated by pulses with several times the critical power for filamentation. We show how the statistics vary from a near-Gaussian distribution in the vicinity of the pump to a long tailed "L-shaped" distribution at the short wavelength and long wavelength edges. The results are interpreted in terms of pump noise transfer via self-phase modulation.
authors: 1GAP GAP-Biophotonics, University of Geneva, 21211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. jerome.kasparian@unige.ch
authors: Jérôme
authors: J
authors: Kasparian
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Béjot
authors: Jean-Pierre
authors: JP
authors: Wolf
authors: John M
authors: JM
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