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Trapping and Destruction of Long-Range High-Intensity Optical Filaments by Molecular Quantum Wakes in Air

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 101, Issue 20, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.205001

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  1. National Science Foundation
  2. U. S. Department of Energy
  3. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

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We report the first observation of the strong effect of quantum rotational wave packets in atmospheric air on the long-range filamentary propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses. In a pump-probe experiment, we find that the probe filament can be sucked into the pump filament's molecular quantum wake and trapped or be destroyed by it.

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