TY - JOUR
T1 - Vacuum-field-induced filamentation in laser-beam propagation
AU - Nagasako, E. M.
AU - Boyd, Robert W.
AU - Agarwal, G. S.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We show that filamentation initiated by quantum fluctuations is a process that limits the intensity of a laser beam that can propagate stably through a nonlinear optical medium. We also describe the experimental signatures of this process, which allow it to be distinguished from classical processes such as filamentation induced by wave-front irregularities.
AB - We show that filamentation initiated by quantum fluctuations is a process that limits the intensity of a laser beam that can propagate stably through a nonlinear optical medium. We also describe the experimental signatures of this process, which allow it to be distinguished from classical processes such as filamentation induced by wave-front irregularities.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.1412
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.1412
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:16944366481
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 55
SP - 1412
EP - 1415
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 2
ER -