Advances in intense femtosecond laser filamentation in air

• Published in: Laser physics Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 53
• Main Authors: Chin, S. L., Wang, T. -J., Marceau, C., Wu, J., Liu, J. S., Kosareva, O., Panov, N., Chen, Y. P., Daigle, J. -F., Yuan, S., Azarm, A., Liu, W. W., Seideman, T., Zeng, H. P., Richardson, M., Li, R., Xu, Z. Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Lasers; Optical Devices; Optics; Photonics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Reviews; Filament Zone; Molecular Alignment; Probe Pulse; Pump Pulse; Laser Physics

This is a review of some recent development in femtosecond filamentation science with emphasis on our collective work. Previously reviewed work in the field will not be discussed. We thus start with a very brief description of the fundamental physics of single filamentation of powerful femtosecond l...