Abstract
The propagation of intense ultrashort laser pulses in water is affected by group velocity dispersion and nonlinear effects such as self-focusing and multiphoton absorption [1]. For a laser beam with an input peak power exceeding a few MW propagating in water, a filamentation phenomenon can occur producing a self contraction of the beam accompanied by the formation of an extended plasma channel [2]. Recent reports have suggested that femtosecond lasers could be exploited for the development of a remote underwater acoustic source [3, 4].
© 2013 IEEE
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Y. Brelet, A. Jarnac, A. Houard, R. Guillermin, J.-P. Sessarego, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. André, D. Fattaccioli, and A. Mysyrowicz
CFIE_P_25 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) 2013
A. Houard, Y. Brelet, A. Jarnac, J. Carbonnel, A. Mysyrowicz, C. Milian, A. Couairon, R. Guillermin, and J.-P. Sessarego
STh1E.8 CLEO: Science and Innovations (CLEO:S&I) 2014
Matthias Lenzner, Jeremy Yeak, and Kevin Kremeyer
CFIE_6_4 The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe) 2013