TY - BOOK ID - 8137001 TI - Femtosecond laser filamentation PY - 2010 SN - 1441906894 1441906878 9786612834288 1282834282 1441906886 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Femtosecond lasers. KW - Laser pulses, Ultrashort. KW - Femtosecond lasers KW - Laser pulses, Ultrashort KW - Electricity & Magnetism KW - Atomic Physics KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Laser pulses, Picosecond KW - Light pulses, Picosecond KW - Light pulses, Ultrashort KW - Picosecond laser pulses KW - Picosecond light pulses KW - Ultrashort laser pulses KW - Ultrashort light pulses KW - Physics. KW - Quantum optics. KW - Microwaves. KW - Optical engineering. KW - Quantum Optics. KW - Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering. KW - Classical Electrodynamics. KW - Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. KW - Mechanical engineering KW - Hertzian waves KW - Electric waves KW - Electromagnetic waves KW - Geomagnetic micropulsations KW - Radio waves KW - Shortwave radio KW - Optics KW - Photons KW - Quantum theory KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics KW - Laser beams KW - Pulse techniques (Electronics) KW - Picosecond pulses KW - Lasers KW - Optics. KW - Electrodynamics. KW - Lasers. KW - Photonics. KW - Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation KW - Masers, Optical KW - Optical masers KW - Light amplifiers KW - Light sources KW - Optoelectronic devices KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Optical parametric oscillators KW - New optics KW - Light UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8137001 AB - Femtosecond Laser Filamentation gives a comprehensive review of the physics of propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in optical media (principally air) and the applications and challenges of this new technique. This book presents the modern understanding of the physics of femtosecond laser pulse propagation, including unusual new effects such as the self-transformation of the pulse into a white light laser pulse, intensity clamping, the physics of multiple filamentation and competition, and how filaments’ ability to melt glass leads to wave guide writing. The potential applications of laser filamentation in atmospheric sensing and the generation of other electromagnetic pulses from the UV to the radio frequency are treated, together with possible future challenges in the excitation of super-excited states of molecules. Exciting new phenomena such as filament induced ultrafast birefringence and the excitation of molecular rotational wave packets and their multiple revivals in air (gases) will also be discussed. This volume provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of these topics currently available. It will be of great interest to scientists and researchers using intense femtosecond laser pulses as well as to graduate students and researchers who wish to learn more about the field. ER -