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Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser pulse filamentation in competition with optical breakdown in condensed matter is studied both experimentally and numerically using water as an example. Strong random deflection and modulation of the supercontinuum under tight focusing conditions were observed. They manifest the beginning of the filamentation process near the highly disordered plasma created by optical breakdown at the geometrical focus.
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Received: 13 June 2002 / Revised version: 16 August 2002 / Published online: 25 October 2002
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Liu, W., Kosareva, O., Golubtsov, I. et al. Random deflection of the white light beam during self-focusing and filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse in water . Appl Phys B 75, 595–599 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1036-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1036-z