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1. J. Kasparian, M. Rodriguez, G. Méjean, J. Yu, E. Salmon, H. Wille, R. Bourayou, S. Frey, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz, R. Sauerbrey, J.-P. Wolf, and L. Wöste, “White-light filaments for atmospheric analysis,” Science 301(5629), 61–64 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
2. S. L. Chin, H. L. Xu, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, W. Liu, J. F. Daigle, Y. Kamali, P. T. Simard, J. Bernhardt, S. A. Hosseini, M. Sharifi, G. Méjean, A. Azarm, C. Marceau, O. Kosareva, V. P. Kandidov, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, G. Roy, P. Mathieu, J. R. Simard, M. Châteauneuf, and J. Dubois, ““Filamentation “remote” sensing of chemical and biological agents/pollutants using only one femtosecond laser source,” Appl. Phys. B 95(1), 1–12 (2009). [CrossRef]
3. S. L. Chin, A. Brodeur, S. Petit, O. G. Kosareva, and V. P. Kandidov, “Filamentation and supercontinuum generation during the propagation of powerful ultrashort laser pulses in optical media (white light laser),” J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 8(1), 121 (1999). [CrossRef]
4. K. M. Davis, K. Miura, N. Sugimoto, and K. Hirao, “Writing waveguides in glass with a femtosecond laser,” Opt. Lett. 21(21), 1729 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
5. D. Homoelle, S. Wielandy, A. L. Gaeta, N. F. Borrelli, and C. Smith, “Infrared photosensitivity in silica glasses exposed to femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24(18), 1311–1313 (1999). [CrossRef]
6. K. Yamada, W. Watanabe, T. Toma, K. Itoh, and J. Nishii, “In situ observation of photoinduced refractive-index changes in filaments formed in glasses by femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 8, 19 (1999).
7. A. Saliminia, N. T. Nguyen, M. C. Nadeau, S. Petit, S. L. Chin, and R. Vallée, “Writing optical waveguides in bulk fused silica using 1kHz femtosecond infrared pulses,” J. Appl. Phys. 93(7), 3724 (2003). [CrossRef]
8. C. P. Hauri, W. Kornelis, F. W. Helbing, A. Heinrich, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Generation of intense, carrier-envelope phase-locked few-cycle laser pulses through filamentation,” Appl. Phys. B 79(6), 673–677 (2004). [CrossRef]
9. A. Couairon, M. Franco, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Pulse self-compression to the single-cycle limit by filamentation in a gas with a pressure gradient,” Opt. Lett. 30(19), 2657–2659 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
10. J. H. Marburger, “Self-focusing: theory,” Prog. Quantum Electron. 4, 35–110 (1975). [CrossRef]
11. V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva, M. P. Tamarov, A. Brodeur, and S. L. Chin, “Nucleation and random movement of filaments in the propagation of high-power laser radiation in a turbulent atmosphere,” Quantum Electron. 29(10), 911 (1999). [CrossRef]
12. A. Houard, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Durécu, L. Lombard, P. Bourdon, O. Vasseur, B. Fleury, C. Robert, V. Michau, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in turbulent air,” Phys. Rev. A 78(3), 033804 (2008). [CrossRef]
13. G. Fibich and B. Ilan, “Deterministic vectorial effects lead to multiple filamentation,” Opt. Lett. 26(11), 840–842 (2001). [CrossRef]
14. G. Fibich, S. Eisenmann, B. Ilan, and A. Zigler, “Control of multiple filamentation in air,” Opt. Lett. 29(15), 1772–1774 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
15. T. Grow and A. Gaeta, “Dependence of multiple filamentation on beam ellipticity,” Opt. Express 13(12), 4594–4599 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
16. V. P. Kandidov, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, O. G. Kosareva, A. V. Nyakk, Q. Luo, S. A. Hosseini, and S. L. Chin, “A method for spatial regularisation of a bunch of filaments in a femtosecond laser pulse,” Quantum Electron. 34(10), 879–880 (2004). [CrossRef]
17. G. Méchain, A. Couairon, M. Franco, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Organizing multiple femtosecond filaments in air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93(3), 035003 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
18. V. Kudriašov, E. Gaižaukas, and V. Sirutkaitis, “Beam transformation and permanent modification in fused silica induced by femtosecond filaments,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(12), 2619 (2005). [CrossRef]
19. O. G. Kosareva, T. Nguyen, N. A. Panov, W. Liu, A. Saliminia, V. P. Kandidov, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, R. Vallée, and S. L. Chin, “Array of femtosecond plasma channels in fused silica,” Opt. Commun. 267(2), 511–523 (2006). [CrossRef]
20. E. Gaizauskas, E. Vanagas, V. Jarutis, S. Juodkazis, V. Mizeikis, and H. Misawa, “Discrete damage traces from filamentation of Gauss-Bessel pulses,” Opt. Lett. 31(1), 80–82 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
21. L. Sudrie, A. Couairon, M. Franco, B. Lamouroux, B. Prade, S. Tzortzakis, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond laser-induced damage and filamentary propagation in fused silica,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 89(18), 186601 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
22. A. Couairon, L. Sudrie, M. Franco, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Filamentation and damage in fused silica induced by tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses,” Phys. Rev. B 71(12), 125435 (2005). [CrossRef]
23. T. D. Grow, A. A. Ishaaya, L. T. Vuong, A. L. Gaeta, N. Gavish, and G. Fibich, “Collapse dynamics of super-Gaussian Beams,” Opt. Express 14(12), 5468–5475 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
24. D. E. Roskey, M. Kolesik, J. V. Moloney, and E. M. Wright, “The role of linear power partitioning in beam filamentation,” Appl. Phys. B 86(2), 249–258 (2007). [CrossRef]
25. S. A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, B. Ferland, W. Liu, S. L. Chin, O. G. Kosareva, N. A. Panov, N. Aközbek, and V. P. Kandidov, “Competition of multiple filaments during the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses,” Phys. Rev. A 70(3), 033802 (2004). [CrossRef]
26. A. Barty, K. A. Nugent, D. Paganin, and A. Roberts, “Quantitative optical phase microscopy,” Opt. Lett. 23(11), 817–819 (1998). [CrossRef]
27. V. P. Kandidov, A. E. Dormidonov, O. G. Kosareva, N. Aközbek, M. Scalora, and S. L. Chin, “Optimum small-scale management of random beam perturbations in a femtosecond laser pulse,” Appl. Phys. B 87(1), 29–36 (2007). [CrossRef]
28. H. Schroeder, J. Liu, and S. L. Chin, “From random to controlled small-scale filamentation in water,” Opt. Express 12(20), 4768–4774 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
29. D. Majus, V. Jukna, G. Valiulis, and A. Dubietis, “Generation of periodic filament arrays by self focusing of highly elliptical ultrashort pulsed laser beams,” Phys. Rev. A 79(3), 033843 (2009). [CrossRef]
30. Dependence of the refractive index on wavelength in fused silica, data of Melles Griot Inc.: www.mellesgriot.com .
31. L. V. Keldysh, “Ionization in the field of strong electromagnetic wave,” Sov. Phys. JETP 20, 1307–1322 (1995).
32. Q. Sun, H. Jiang, Y. Liu, Z. Wu, H. Yang, and Q. Gong, “Measurement of the collision time of dense electronic plasma induced by a femtosecond laser in fused silica,” Opt. Lett. 30(3), 320–322 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
33. J. Liu, X. Chen, J. Liu, Y. Zhu, Y. Leng, J. Dai, R. Li, and Zh. Xu, “Spectrum reshaping and pulse self-compression in normally dispersive media with negatively chirped femtosecond pulses,” Opt. Express 14(2), 979–987 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
34. M. Mlejnek, M. Kolesik, J. V. Moloney, and E. M. Wright, “Optically Turbulent Femtosecond Light Guide in Air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 83(15), 2938–2941 (1999). [CrossRef]
35. S. Tzortzakis, L. Bergé, A. Couairon, M. Franco, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Breakup and fusion of self-guided femtosecond light pulses in air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86(24), 5470–5473 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. B

• S. L. Chin, H. L. Xu, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, W. Liu, J. F. Daigle, Y. Kamali, P. T. Simard, J. Bernhardt, S. A. Hosseini, M. Sharifi, G. Méjean, A. Azarm, C. Marceau, O. Kosareva, V. P. Kandidov, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, G. Roy, P. Mathieu, J. R. Simard, M. Châteauneuf, and J. Dubois, ““Filamentation “remote” sensing of chemical and biological agents/pollutants using only one femtosecond laser source,” Appl. Phys. B 95(1), 1–12 (2009). [CrossRef]
• C. P. Hauri, W. Kornelis, F. W. Helbing, A. Heinrich, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Generation of intense, carrier-envelope phase-locked few-cycle laser pulses through filamentation,” Appl. Phys. B 79(6), 673–677 (2004). [CrossRef]
• D. E. Roskey, M. Kolesik, J. V. Moloney, and E. M. Wright, “The role of linear power partitioning in beam filamentation,” Appl. Phys. B 86(2), 249–258 (2007). [CrossRef]
• V. P. Kandidov, A. E. Dormidonov, O. G. Kosareva, N. Aközbek, M. Scalora, and S. L. Chin, “Optimum small-scale management of random beam perturbations in a femtosecond laser pulse,” Appl. Phys. B 87(1), 29–36 (2007). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

• A. Saliminia, N. T. Nguyen, M. C. Nadeau, S. Petit, S. L. Chin, and R. Vallée, “Writing optical waveguides in bulk fused silica using 1kHz femtosecond infrared pulses,” J. Appl. Phys. 93(7), 3724 (2003). [CrossRef]

J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater.

• S. L. Chin, A. Brodeur, S. Petit, O. G. Kosareva, and V. P. Kandidov, “Filamentation and supercontinuum generation during the propagation of powerful ultrashort laser pulses in optical media (white light laser),” J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 8(1), 121 (1999). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• V. Kudriašov, E. Gaižaukas, and V. Sirutkaitis, “Beam transformation and permanent modification in fused silica induced by femtosecond filaments,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(12), 2619 (2005). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

• O. G. Kosareva, T. Nguyen, N. A. Panov, W. Liu, A. Saliminia, V. P. Kandidov, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, R. Vallée, and S. L. Chin, “Array of femtosecond plasma channels in fused silica,” Opt. Commun. 267(2), 511–523 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• T. D. Grow, A. A. Ishaaya, L. T. Vuong, A. L. Gaeta, N. Gavish, and G. Fibich, “Collapse dynamics of super-Gaussian Beams,” Opt. Express 14(12), 5468–5475 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• H. Schroeder, J. Liu, and S. L. Chin, “From random to controlled small-scale filamentation in water,” Opt. Express 12(20), 4768–4774 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J. Liu, X. Chen, J. Liu, Y. Zhu, Y. Leng, J. Dai, R. Li, and Zh. Xu, “Spectrum reshaping and pulse self-compression in normally dispersive media with negatively chirped femtosecond pulses,” Opt. Express 14(2), 979–987 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• T. Grow and A. Gaeta, “Dependence of multiple filamentation on beam ellipticity,” Opt. Express 13(12), 4594–4599 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• G. Fibich and B. Ilan, “Deterministic vectorial effects lead to multiple filamentation,” Opt. Lett. 26(11), 840–842 (2001). [CrossRef]
• G. Fibich, S. Eisenmann, B. Ilan, and A. Zigler, “Control of multiple filamentation in air,” Opt. Lett. 29(15), 1772–1774 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• K. M. Davis, K. Miura, N. Sugimoto, and K. Hirao, “Writing waveguides in glass with a femtosecond laser,” Opt. Lett. 21(21), 1729 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• D. Homoelle, S. Wielandy, A. L. Gaeta, N. F. Borrelli, and C. Smith, “Infrared photosensitivity in silica glasses exposed to femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 24(18), 1311–1313 (1999). [CrossRef]
• K. Yamada, W. Watanabe, T. Toma, K. Itoh, and J. Nishii, “In situ observation of photoinduced refractive-index changes in filaments formed in glasses by femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 8, 19 (1999).
• A. Couairon, M. Franco, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Biegert, and U. Keller, “Pulse self-compression to the single-cycle limit by filamentation in a gas with a pressure gradient,” Opt. Lett. 30(19), 2657–2659 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• A. Barty, K. A. Nugent, D. Paganin, and A. Roberts, “Quantitative optical phase microscopy,” Opt. Lett. 23(11), 817–819 (1998). [CrossRef]
• E. Gaizauskas, E. Vanagas, V. Jarutis, S. Juodkazis, V. Mizeikis, and H. Misawa, “Discrete damage traces from filamentation of Gauss-Bessel pulses,” Opt. Lett. 31(1), 80–82 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• Q. Sun, H. Jiang, Y. Liu, Z. Wu, H. Yang, and Q. Gong, “Measurement of the collision time of dense electronic plasma induced by a femtosecond laser in fused silica,” Opt. Lett. 30(3), 320–322 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. A

• S. A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, B. Ferland, W. Liu, S. L. Chin, O. G. Kosareva, N. A. Panov, N. Aközbek, and V. P. Kandidov, “Competition of multiple filaments during the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses,” Phys. Rev. A 70(3), 033802 (2004). [CrossRef]
• D. Majus, V. Jukna, G. Valiulis, and A. Dubietis, “Generation of periodic filament arrays by self focusing of highly elliptical ultrashort pulsed laser beams,” Phys. Rev. A 79(3), 033843 (2009). [CrossRef]
• A. Houard, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Durécu, L. Lombard, P. Bourdon, O. Vasseur, B. Fleury, C. Robert, V. Michau, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in turbulent air,” Phys. Rev. A 78(3), 033804 (2008). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

• A. Couairon, L. Sudrie, M. Franco, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Filamentation and damage in fused silica induced by tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses,” Phys. Rev. B 71(12), 125435 (2005). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

• L. Sudrie, A. Couairon, M. Franco, B. Lamouroux, B. Prade, S. Tzortzakis, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond laser-induced damage and filamentary propagation in fused silica,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 89(18), 186601 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• M. Mlejnek, M. Kolesik, J. V. Moloney, and E. M. Wright, “Optically Turbulent Femtosecond Light Guide in Air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 83(15), 2938–2941 (1999). [CrossRef]
• S. Tzortzakis, L. Bergé, A. Couairon, M. Franco, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Breakup and fusion of self-guided femtosecond light pulses in air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86(24), 5470–5473 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. Méchain, A. Couairon, M. Franco, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Organizing multiple femtosecond filaments in air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93(3), 035003 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Prog. Quantum Electron.

• J. H. Marburger, “Self-focusing: theory,” Prog. Quantum Electron. 4, 35–110 (1975). [CrossRef]

Quantum Electron.

• V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva, M. P. Tamarov, A. Brodeur, and S. L. Chin, “Nucleation and random movement of filaments in the propagation of high-power laser radiation in a turbulent atmosphere,” Quantum Electron. 29(10), 911 (1999). [CrossRef]
• V. P. Kandidov, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, O. G. Kosareva, A. V. Nyakk, Q. Luo, S. A. Hosseini, and S. L. Chin, “A method for spatial regularisation of a bunch of filaments in a femtosecond laser pulse,” Quantum Electron. 34(10), 879–880 (2004). [CrossRef]

Science

• J. Kasparian, M. Rodriguez, G. Méjean, J. Yu, E. Salmon, H. Wille, R. Bourayou, S. Frey, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz, R. Sauerbrey, J.-P. Wolf, and L. Wöste, “White-light filaments for atmospheric analysis,” Science 301(5629), 61–64 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Sov. Phys. JETP

• L. V. Keldysh, “Ionization in the field of strong electromagnetic wave,” Sov. Phys. JETP 20, 1307–1322 (1995).

Other

• Dependence of the refractive index on wavelength in fused silica, data of Melles Griot Inc.: www.mellesgriot.com .

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