Long-range robust multifilament arrays from terawatt femtosecond beamстатья
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Аннотация:Multiple filament's formation on a long atmospheric path was studied for an amplitude modulation of the terawatt femtosecond beam with the four and six hole masks. Filaments appeared at the distance that is determined by the Fresnel lens formed by a hole, not by the self focusing theory for the unrestricted (Gaussian like) beam. This lens focuses 1/3 of the energy passing through the hole to the beam spot ≈1 mm in diameter. The robust multifilament array 10–15 m in length was observed if the energy per hole was ≈1-1.5 mJ (pulse duration 50 fs), while each hole produces bundle of a few filaments at higher energies.