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Femtosecond filament amplification in liquids

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We study the femtosecond filamentation in a liquid amplifying medium, sulphorhodamine 640 in a methanol solvent. In the presence of population inversion, the energy of the filament increases while its diameter expands because of peak intensity clamping.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS UMR 7639, 91761, Palaiseau, France

    C. D’Amico, B. Prade, M. Franco & A. Mysyrowicz

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42.25.Bs; 42.65.Jx; 42.65.Re; 42.65.Sf

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D’Amico, C., Prade, B., Franco, M. et al. Femtosecond filament amplification in liquids. Appl. Phys. B 85, 49–53 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2276-0

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