{"title":"An Experimental Determination of Critical Power for Self-Focusing of Femtosecond Pulses in Air Using Focal-Spot Measurements","authors":"Huiting Song, Zuoqiang Hao, Bingxin Yan, Faqian Liu, Dongwei Li, Junwei Chang, Yangjian Cai, Lanzhi Zhang","doi":"10.3390/photonics11010066","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The filamentation of femtosecond pulses has attracted significant attention, owing to its unique characteristics and related applications. The self-focusing critical power of femtosecond pulses is one of the key parameters in the filamentation process and its application. However, the experimental determination of this power remains a challenging task. In this study, we propose an experimental approach to investigating the critical power for self-focusing of both femtosecond Gaussian and vortex beams with relatively low topological charges by analyzing the changes in the focal spot at different propagation distances. Our work offers a practical and convenient method for determining the self-focusing critical power of femtosecond pulses.","PeriodicalId":20154,"journal":{"name":"Photonics","volume":"51 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Photonics","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11010066","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"OPTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The filamentation of femtosecond pulses has attracted significant attention, owing to its unique characteristics and related applications. The self-focusing critical power of femtosecond pulses is one of the key parameters in the filamentation process and its application. However, the experimental determination of this power remains a challenging task. In this study, we propose an experimental approach to investigating the critical power for self-focusing of both femtosecond Gaussian and vortex beams with relatively low topological charges by analyzing the changes in the focal spot at different propagation distances. Our work offers a practical and convenient method for determining the self-focusing critical power of femtosecond pulses.
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