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Spectral dependence of purely-Kerr driven filamentation in air and argon

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arxiv 1011.1568 v1 pith:5ILN5NUU submitted 2010-11-06 physics.optics

Spectral dependence of purely-Kerr driven filamentation in air and argon

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keywords argonfilamentationapplicationsconsequencecontributiondecoupleddefocusingdependence
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Based on numerical simulations, we show that higher-order nonlinear indices (up to $n_8$ and $n_{10}$, respectively) of air and argon have a dominant contribution to both focusing and defocusing in the self-guiding of ultrashort laser pulses over most of the spectrum. Plasma generation and filamentation are therefore decoupled. As a consequence, ultraviolet wavelength may not be the optimal wavelengths for applications requiring to maximize ionization.

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