We identify a two stage filamentation regime for high power 10 μm multi-picosecond pulses propagating in the atmosphere. The first low intensity stage is mainly regularized by ionization through excitation induced dephasing, which can lead to strong pul...
Panagiotopoulos, P. (Creator), Kolesik, M. (Creator), Tochitsky, S. (Creator), Koch, S. W. (Creator), Moloney, J. V. (Creator) (2019). Two stage filamentation of 10 μm pulses as a broadband IR backlighter in the atmosphere. figshare. 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4450169.v1