Effect of light polarization on plasma distribution and filament formation
arXiv:1206.6933 · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-28948-4_63
Abstract
We show that, for 200 fs light pulses at 790 nm, the formation of filaments is strongly affected by the laser light polarization . Filamentation does not exist for a pure circularly polarized light, propagating in vacuum before focusing in air, while there is no difference for focusing the light in air or vacuum for linearly polarized light.
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