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Negative and positive Kerr nonlinearity of air calibrated with transient molecular alignment

O. FaucherV. LoriotE. HertzB. LavorelPierre BéjotS. HeninJ. KasparianJ. -P Wolf

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optical Kerr effectfilamentation[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ATOM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atomic Physics [physics.atom-ph][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ATOM-PH ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atomic Physics [physics.atom-ph]nonlinear optics(320.2250) Femtosecond phenomena; (350.5400) Plasmas; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (260.5950) Self-focusing[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ATOM-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atomic Physics [physics.atom-ph]femtosecondmolecular alignment

description

Talk given by O. Faucher; International audience; Nonlinear electronic Kerr index of the major air constituents has been measured up to high order terms using transient molecular alignment as a reference. Sign reversal associated to negative nonlinearity is observed above a pulse intensity of 26 TW/cm^.2

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