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Opt Lett
; 30(8): 917-9, 2005 Apr 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15865398
ABSTRACT
We investigate the influence of a chirped phase on femtosecond pulses propagating in air. Pulses with an initially negative chirp are temporally compressed by compensation with group-velocity dispersion. We demonstrate that this property, combined with plasma defocusing, can be used to trigger filamentation at different foci, increase self-guiding ranges, or even shorten pulse duration.