Kilometer range filamentation.
We demonstrate for the first time the possibility to generate long plasma channels up to a distance of 1 km, using the terawatt femtosecond T&T laser facility. The plasma density was optimized by adjusting the chirp, the focusing and beam diameter. The interaction of filaments with transparent and opaque targets was studied.
Magali
M
Durand
Aurélien
A
Houard
Bernard
B
Prade
André
A
Mysyrowicz
Anne
A
Durécu
Bernard
B
Moreau
Didier
D
Fleury
Olivier
O
Vasseur
Hartmut
H
Borchert
Karsten
K
Diener
Rudiger
R
Schmitt
Francis
F
Théberge
Marc
M
Chateauneuf
Jean-François
JF
Daigle
Jacques
J
Dubois