Ultraintense light filaments transmitted through clouds
- 8 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 83 (2), 213-215
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1592615
Abstract
We demonstrate that ultrashort and ultraintense light filaments survive their interaction with water droplets as large as 95 μm and that they are transmitted through water clouds having an optical thickness as high as 3.2 (transmission 5%). In contrast with linear optics, this remarkable transmission through optically dense media results from a dynamic energy balance between the quasisolitonic structure and the surrounding laser photon bath, which acts as an energy reservoir. Implications for free-space laser communications, remote sensing, and telemetry are discussed.Keywords
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