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We study the femtosecond filamentation in a liquid amplifying medium, sulphorhodamine 640 in a methanol solvent. In the presence of population inversion, the energy of the filament increases while its diameter expands because of peak intensity clamping.
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D’Amico, C., Prade, B., Franco, M. et al. Femtosecond filament amplification in liquids. Appl. Phys. B 85, 49–53 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2276-0
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