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A two-dimensional axisymmetric model of the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses through dispersion-free transparent media is described. The effects of diffraction, nonlinear Kerr effect (instantaneous and retarded) and multiphoton ionisation are included. Numerical results concerning air and other gases are discussed. In particular, time self-compression of femtosecond pulses is predicted. Stable self-guided pulses are simulated, in agreement with recent experimental observations.
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Received: 19 June 1998 / Received in final form: 14 January 1999
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Chiron, A., Lamouroux, B., Lange, R. et al. Numerical simulations of the nonlinear propagation of femtosecond optical pulses in gases. Eur. Phys. J. D 6, 383–396 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050322
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050322