Self-channeling of Terawatt-power CO2 laser pulses in air

Sergei Tochitsky; Eric Welch; Misha Polyanskiy; Igor Pogorelsky; Paris Panagiotopoulos; Jerome Moloney; Chan Joshi

doi:10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FM3M.4

Self-channeling of Terawatt-power CO₂ laser pulses in air

Sergei Tochitsky
, Eric Welch
, Misha Polyanskiy
, Igor Pogorelsky
, Paris Panagiotopoulos
, Jerome Moloney
, Chan Joshi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

We report the first observation of Kerr self-focusing of 3 ps TW CO₂ laser pulses in atmosphere. A centimeter diameter, 30m long, 10-μm light channel containing a few Joules of energy is generated and characterized.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CLEO
Subtitle of host publication	QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2018
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781943580422
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FM3M.4
State	Published - 2018
Event	CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2018 - San Jose, United States Duration: May 13 2018 → May 18 2018

Publication series

Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Volume	Part F93-CLEO_QELS 2018

Conference

Conference	CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	5/13/18 → 5/18/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials

Access to Document

10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FM3M.4

Cite this

Tochitsky, S., Welch, E., Polyanskiy, M., Pogorelsky, I., Panagiotopoulos, P., Moloney, J., & Joshi, C. (2018). Self-channeling of Terawatt-power CO₂ laser pulses in air. In CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2018 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; Vol. Part F93-CLEO_QELS 2018). Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA). https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FM3M.4

Tochitsky, S, Welch, E, Polyanskiy, M, Pogorelsky, I, Panagiotopoulos, P, Moloney, J & Joshi, C 2018, Self-channeling of Terawatt-power CO₂ laser pulses in air. in CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2018. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, vol. Part F93-CLEO_QELS 2018, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2018, San Jose, United States, 5/13/18. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FM3M.4

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