Transverse evolution of a plasma channel in air induced by a femtosecond laser

Opt Lett. 2006 Feb 15;31(4):546-8. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.000546.

Abstract

We investigate the evolution of filamentation in air by using a longitudinal diffraction method and a plasma fluorescence imaging technique. The diameter of a single filament in which the intensity is clamped increases as the energy of the pump light pulse increases, until multiple filaments appear.