Higher-order Kerr improve quantitative modeling of laser filamentation
M. Petrarca, Y. Petit, S. Henin, R. Delagrange, P. Béjot
paper2012-07-27English
quantitative financearxiv
Description
We test numerical filamentation models against experimental data about the peak intensity and filament density in laser filaments. We show that the consideration of the higher-order Kerr effect (HOKE) improves the quantitative agreement without the need of adjustable parameters.