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100 1 _aChin, See Leang.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFemtosecond Laser Filamentation
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby See Leang Chin.
250 _a1st.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York,
_c2010.
300 _aXIV, 130p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics,
_x1615-5653 ;
_v55
505 0 _aFilamentation Physics -- Theory of Single Filamentation -- Multiple Filamentation -- Filamentation Nonlinear Optics: General -- Filamentation Nonlinear Optics: Third Harmonic Generation and Four-Wave-Mixing Inside a Filament -- Remote Sensing Using Filamentation -- Challenges Ahead.
520 _aFemtosecond Laser Filamentation gives a comprehensive review of the physics of propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in optical media (principally air) and the applications and challenges of this new technique. This book presents the modern understanding of the physics of femtosecond laser pulse propagation, including unusual new effects such as the self-transformation of the pulse into a white light laser pulse, intensity clamping, the physics of multiple filamentation and competition, and how filaments’ ability to melt glass leads to wave guide writing. The potential applications of laser filamentation in atmospheric sensing and the generation of other electromagnetic pulses from the UV to the radio frequency are treated, together with possible future challenges in the excitation of super-excited states of molecules. Exciting new phenomena such as filament induced ultrafast birefringence and the excitation of molecular rotational wave packets and their multiple revivals in air (gases) will also be discussed. This volume provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of these topics currently available. It will be of great interest to scientists and researchers using intense femtosecond laser pulses as well as to graduate students and researchers who wish to learn more about the field.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aMicrowaves.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aQuantum Optics.
650 2 4 _aMicrowaves, RF and Optical Engineering.
650 2 4 _aOptics and Electrodynamics.
650 2 4 _aLaser Technology, Photonics.
650 2 4 _aOptics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781441906878
830 0 _aSpringer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0688-5
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