This paper introduces and discusses the main aspects of ultrashort laser pulse filamentation
in various transparent media such as air (gases), transparent solids and liquids. The …

Most long-path remote spectroscopic studies of the atmosphere rely on ambient light or
narrow-band lasers. High-power femtosecond laser pulses have been found to propagate in …

Modern laser sources nowadays deliver ultrashort light pulses reaching few cycles in
duration and peak powers exceeding several terawatt (TW). When such pulses propagate …

Over the past four years, there has been a surge of activity in the supercontinuum field since
the introduction of various types of microstructure fibers. The main reason for this great …

This book attempts to give a discussion of the physics and current and potential applications
of the self-focusing of an intense femtosecond laser pulse in a transparent medium …

When a powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagates in an optical medium, self-focusing
occurs. Normally, it is the most powerful part (slice) of the pulse that self-focuses first during …

In supercontinuum generation, various propagation effects combine to produce a dramatic
spectral broadening of intense ultrashort optical pulses. With a host of applications …

Supercontinuum generation is investigated experimentally and numerically in a highly
nonlinear index-guiding photonic crystal optical fiber in a regime in which self-phase …

Ultrashort, high-power laser pulses propagating vertically in the atmosphere have been
observed over more than 20 km using an imaging 2-m astronomical telescope. This direct …

Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics We review the properties and applications of
ultrashort laser pulses in the atmosphere, with a particular focus on filamentation …