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The Effect of Phase Aberrations on the Position and Length of the Filamentation Domain

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The results of experimental and theoretical studies of femtosecond laser pulse filamentation with use of a bimorph deformable mirror are presented. The mirror allows controlling the position of the filamentation domain throughout a model path due to phase distortions of different parts of a laser beam, determining localization of filaments and high-intensity channels in a beam cross section, and forming long (>100 m) high-intensity (1011–1012 W/cm2) weakly diverging plasma-free channels.

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The work was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (agreement no. 18-77-00028).

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  1. V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    D. V. Apeksimov, Yu. E. Geints, A. A. Zemlyanov, A. N. Iglakova, A. M. Kabanov, O. I. Kuchinskaya, G. G. Matvienko, V. K. Oshlakov & A. V. Petrov

  2. Tomsk State University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

    O. I. Kuchinskaya

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Apeksimov, D.V., Geints, Y.E., Zemlyanov, A.A. et al. The Effect of Phase Aberrations on the Position and Length of the Filamentation Domain. Atmos Ocean Opt 32, 109–116 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856019020027

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