Quantum molecular lensing of femtosecond laser optical/plasma filaments
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The long-range filamentary propagation of intense femtosecond pulses in atmosphere has been observed for the first time to be strongly effected by quantum rotational wave packets. A two-pulse experiment shows that a filamenting probe pulse can be steered and trapped in or destroyed by the rotational alignment wake following a pump filament. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. DOI: 10.1063/1.3078105
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