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Experimental results of the study of the evolution of the spatial profile and frequency spectrum of terawatt ultrashort Ti: Sa laser pulses propagating along atmospheric paths in the self-focusing mode are presented. The dependence of the laser radiation energy characteristics at the receiving plane on its initial peak power is determined. The tendency of an increase of the laser beam’s angular size and spectral width when increasing its output power is stated. The obtained regularities have been interpreted qualitatively and quantitatively based on the numerical calculations performed in the framework of the model of the nonstationary self-action of an ultrashort light pulse in air. The ob tained results are compared to the results of the authors’ earlier laboratory experiments on the filamentation of focused laser femtosecond radiation.
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Original Russian Text © D. V. Apeksimov, Yu. V. Geints, A.A. Zemlyanov, A.M. Kabanov, G.G. Matvienko, A.N. Stepanov, N.S. Zakharov, S. V. Kholod, 2010, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.
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Apeksimova, D.V., Geints, Y.E., Zemlyanov, A.A. et al. Propagation of a high-power ultrashort laser pulse along a horizontal atmospheric path. Atmos Ocean Opt 23, 14–20 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856010010045
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