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PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.023811
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The propagation dynamics of intense femtosecond laser pulses in argon have been investigated theoretically and the results are compared with experimental data. It was found that in the initial stage the pulse propagates with the focal point moving ahead of the original one. The central beam of the trailing part experiences defocusing owing to ionization by the leading part and then regains self-focusing provided by power from the outer part. On propagating further, a quasistable balance is established between self-focusing and defocusing due to ionization-induced nonlinearity and diffraction, causing the beam to propagate in a self-guided mode. Furthermore, it was shown that the front of the split pulse decays faster, while the trailing edge experiences self-focusing and self-defocusing until a self-guided propagation mode is achieved. Multiple pulse splitting and shortening as a result of the dynamics near the focal point were also observed.
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