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1. J. Kasparian, M. Rodriguez, G. Méjean, J. Yu, E. Salmon, H. Wille, R. Bourayou, S. Frey, Y. B. Andre, 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. A. L. Gaeta, “Optics. Collapsing light really shines,” Science 301(5629), 54–55 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
3. S. L. Chin, S. A. Hosseini, W. Liu, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva, and H. Schroeder, “The propagation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses in optical media: physics, applications and new challenges,” Can. J. Phys. 83(9), 863–905 (2005). [CrossRef]
4. A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media,” Phys. Rep. 441(2-4), 47–189 (2007). [CrossRef]
5. L. BergéS. Skupin, R. Nuter, J. Kasparian, and J.-P. Wolf, “Ultrashort filaments of light in weakly ionized optically transparent media,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 70(10), 1633–1713 (2007). [CrossRef]
6. 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]
7. V. I. Bespalov and V. I. Talanov, “Filamentary structure of light beams in non-linear liquids,” JETP Lett. 3, 307–310 (1966).
8. G. Fibich, S. Eisenmann, B. Ilan, Y. Erlich, M. Fraenkel, Z. Henis, A. L. Gaeta, and A. Zigler, “Self-focusing distance of very high power laser pulses,” Opt. Express 13(15), 5897–5903 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
9. J. W. Grantham, H. M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, J. F. Valley, and X. Jiajin, “Kaleidoscopic spatial instability: Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 66(11), 1422–1425 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
10. G. Fibich and B. Ilan, “Self-focusing of circularly polarized beams,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 67(3), 036622 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
11. S. Carrasco, S. Polyakov, H. Kim, L. Jankovic, G. I. Stegeman, J. P. Torres, L. Torner, M. Katz, and D. Eger, “Observation of multiple soliton generation mediated by amplification of asymmetries,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 67(4), 046616 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
12. A. Dubietis, G. Tamosauskas, G. Fibich, and B. Ilan, “Multiple filamentation induced by input-beam ellipticity,” Opt. Lett. 29(10), 1126–1128 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
13. G. Fibich, S. Eisenmann, B. Ilan, and A. Zigler, “Control of multiple filamentation in air,” Opt. Lett. 29(15), 1772–1774 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
14. T. D. Grow and A. L. Gaeta, “Dependence of multiple filamentation on beam ellipticity,” Opt. Express 13(12), 4594–4599 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
15. M. Centurion, Y. Pu, and D. Psaltis, “Self-organization of spatial solitons,” Opt. Express 13(16), 6202–6211 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
16. V. Kudriasov, E. Gaizauskas, and V. Sirutkaitis, “Beam transformation and permanent modification in fused silica induced by femtosecond filaments,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(12), 2619–2627 (2005). [CrossRef]
17. V. Y. Fedorov, V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, and S. L. Chin, “Filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse with the initial beam ellipticity,” Laser Phys. 16(8), 1227–1234 (2006). [CrossRef]
18. 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]
19. J.-P. Bérubé, R. Vallée, M. Bernier, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, V. Kandidov, and S. L. Chin, “Self and forced periodic arrangement of multiple filaments in glass,” Opt. Express 18(3), 1801–1819 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
20. D. Majus, V. Jukna, G. Tamošauskas, G. Valiulis, and A. Dubietis, “Three-dimensional mapping of multiple filament arrays,” Phys. Rev. A 81(4), 043811 (2010). [CrossRef]
21. L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(13), 133901 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
22. X. Liu, L. J. Qian, and F. W. Wise, “Generation of optical spatiotemporal solitons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82(23), 4631–4634 (1999). [CrossRef]
23. X. Liu, K. Beckwitt, and F. W. Wise, “Transverse instability of optical spatiotemporal solitons in quadratic media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85(9), 1871–1874 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
24. Y. Silberberg, “Collapse of optical pulses,” Opt. Lett. 15(22), 1282–1284 (1990). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
25. H. S. Eisenberg, R. Morandotti, Y. Silberberg, S. Bar-Ad, D. Ross, and J. S. Aitchison, “Kerr spatiotemporal self-focusing in a planar glass waveguide,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87(4), 043902 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
26. K. D. Moll, A. L. Gaeta, and G. Fibich, “Self-similar optical wave collapse: observation of the Townes profile,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90(20), 203902 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
27. R. Y. Chiao, E. Garmire, and C. H. Townes, “Self-trapping of optical beams,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 13(15), 479–482 (1964). [CrossRef]
28. J. K. Ranka, A. L. Gaeta, A. Baltuska, M. S. Pshenichnikov, and D. A. Wiersma, “Autocorrelation measurement of 6-fs pulses based on the two-photon-induced photocurrent in a GaAsP photodiode,” Opt. Lett. 22(17), 1344–1346 (1997). [CrossRef]
29. G. Fibich and B. Ilan, “Self-focusing of elliptical beams:an example of the failure of the aberrationless approximation,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17(10), 1749–1758 (2000). [CrossRef]
30. V. P. Kandidov and V. Y. Fedorov, “Properties of self-focusing of elliptic beams,” Quantum Electron. 34, 1163–1168 (2004). [CrossRef]
31. G. Fibich and A. L. Gaeta, “Critical power for self-focusing in bulk media and in hollow waveguides,” Opt. Lett. 25(5), 335–337 (2000). [CrossRef]
32. K. D. Moll and A. L. Gaeta, “Role of dispersion in multiple-collapse dynamics,” Opt. Lett. 29(9), 995–997 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
33. A. Saliminia, S. L. Chin, and R. Vallée, “Ultra-broad and coherent white light generation in silica glass by focused femtosecond pulses at 1.5 um,” Opt. Express 13(15), 5731–5738 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
34. M. A. Porras, A. Dubietis, A. Matijošius, R. Piskarskas, F. Bragheri, A. Averchi, and P. D. Trapani, “Characterization of conical emission of light filaments in media with anomalous dispersion,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24(3), 581–584 (2007). [CrossRef]
35. L. Bergé andS. Skupin, “Self-channeling of ultrashort laser pulses in materials with anomalous dispersion,” Phys. Rev. E 71(6), 065601(R) (2005).
36. J. Liu, R. Li, and Z. Xu, “Few-cycle spatiotemporal soliton wave excited by filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse in materials with anomalous dispersion,” Phys. Rev. A 74(4), 043801 (2006). [CrossRef]
37. G. Tamošauskas, A. Dubietis, and G. Valiulis, “Soliton-effect optical pulse compression in bulk media with χ(3) nonlinerity,” Nonlinear Anal. Modelling Control 5, 99–105 (2000).
38. S. Skupin and L. Berge, “Self-guiding of femtosecond light pulses in condensed media: Plasma generation versus chromatic dispersion,” Physica D 220(1), 14–30 (2006). [CrossRef]
39. K. Kennedy, “A first-order model of computation of laser-induced breakdown thresholds in ocular and aqueous media: Part I – theory,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 31(12), 2241–2249 (1995). [CrossRef]
40. 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]
41. R. Gopal, V. Deepak, and S. Sivaramakrishnan, ““Sytematic study of spatiotemporal dynamics of intense femtosecond laser pulses in BK-7 glass,” Pramana J. Phys. 68(4), 547–569 (2007). [CrossRef]
42. P. Audebert, Ph. Daguzan, A. Dos Santos, J. C. Gauthier, J. P. Geindre, S. Guizard, G. Hamoniaux, K. Krastev, P. Martin, G. Petite, and A. Antonetti, “Space-time observation of an electron gas in SiO2.,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 73(14), 1990–1993 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
43. G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, 4th ed. (Academic, San Diego, 2007).

Appl. Phys. B

• 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]

Can. J. Phys.

• S. L. Chin, S. A. Hosseini, W. Liu, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva, and H. Schroeder, “The propagation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses in optical media: physics, applications and new challenges,” Can. J. Phys. 83(9), 863–905 (2005). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

• K. Kennedy, “A first-order model of computation of laser-induced breakdown thresholds in ocular and aqueous media: Part I – theory,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 31(12), 2241–2249 (1995). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• V. Kudriasov, E. Gaizauskas, and V. Sirutkaitis, “Beam transformation and permanent modification in fused silica induced by femtosecond filaments,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(12), 2619–2627 (2005). [CrossRef]
• G. Fibich and B. Ilan, “Self-focusing of elliptical beams:an example of the failure of the aberrationless approximation,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17(10), 1749–1758 (2000). [CrossRef]
• M. A. Porras, A. Dubietis, A. Matijošius, R. Piskarskas, F. Bragheri, A. Averchi, and P. D. Trapani, “Characterization of conical emission of light filaments in media with anomalous dispersion,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24(3), 581–584 (2007). [CrossRef]

JETP Lett.

• V. I. Bespalov and V. I. Talanov, “Filamentary structure of light beams in non-linear liquids,” JETP Lett. 3, 307–310 (1966).

Laser Phys.

• V. Y. Fedorov, V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, and S. L. Chin, “Filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse with the initial beam ellipticity,” Laser Phys. 16(8), 1227–1234 (2006). [CrossRef]

Nonlinear Anal. Modelling Control

• G. Tamošauskas, A. Dubietis, and G. Valiulis, “Soliton-effect optical pulse compression in bulk media with χ(3) nonlinerity,” Nonlinear Anal. Modelling Control 5, 99–105 (2000).

Opt. Express

• T. D. Grow and A. L. Gaeta, “Dependence of multiple filamentation on beam ellipticity,” Opt. Express 13(12), 4594–4599 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• M. Centurion, Y. Pu, and D. Psaltis, “Self-organization of spatial solitons,” Opt. Express 13(16), 6202–6211 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. Fibich, S. Eisenmann, B. Ilan, Y. Erlich, M. Fraenkel, Z. Henis, A. L. Gaeta, and A. Zigler, “Self-focusing distance of very high power laser pulses,” Opt. Express 13(15), 5897–5903 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• A. Saliminia, S. L. Chin, and R. Vallée, “Ultra-broad and coherent white light generation in silica glass by focused femtosecond pulses at 1.5 um,” Opt. Express 13(15), 5731–5738 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J.-P. Bérubé, R. Vallée, M. Bernier, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, V. Kandidov, and S. L. Chin, “Self and forced periodic arrangement of multiple filaments in glass,” Opt. Express 18(3), 1801–1819 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• Y. Silberberg, “Collapse of optical pulses,” Opt. Lett. 15(22), 1282–1284 (1990). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J. K. Ranka, A. L. Gaeta, A. Baltuska, M. S. Pshenichnikov, and D. A. Wiersma, “Autocorrelation measurement of 6-fs pulses based on the two-photon-induced photocurrent in a GaAsP photodiode,” Opt. Lett. 22(17), 1344–1346 (1997). [CrossRef]
• G. Fibich and A. L. Gaeta, “Critical power for self-focusing in bulk media and in hollow waveguides,” Opt. Lett. 25(5), 335–337 (2000). [CrossRef]
• K. D. Moll and A. L. Gaeta, “Role of dispersion in multiple-collapse dynamics,” Opt. Lett. 29(9), 995–997 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• A. Dubietis, G. Tamosauskas, G. Fibich, and B. Ilan, “Multiple filamentation induced by input-beam ellipticity,” Opt. Lett. 29(10), 1126–1128 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. Fibich, S. Eisenmann, B. Ilan, and A. Zigler, “Control of multiple filamentation in air,” Opt. Lett. 29(15), 1772–1774 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rep.

• A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media,” Phys. Rep. 441(2-4), 47–189 (2007). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

• 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]
• D. Majus, V. Jukna, G. Tamošauskas, G. Valiulis, and A. Dubietis, “Three-dimensional mapping of multiple filament arrays,” Phys. Rev. A 81(4), 043811 (2010). [CrossRef]
• J. Liu, R. Li, and Z. Xu, “Few-cycle spatiotemporal soliton wave excited by filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse in materials with anomalous dispersion,” Phys. Rev. A 74(4), 043801 (2006). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

• L. Bergé andS. Skupin, “Self-channeling of ultrashort laser pulses in materials with anomalous dispersion,” Phys. Rev. E 71(6), 065601(R) (2005).

Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys.

• G. Fibich and B. Ilan, “Self-focusing of circularly polarized beams,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 67(3), 036622 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• S. Carrasco, S. Polyakov, H. Kim, L. Jankovic, G. I. Stegeman, J. P. Torres, L. Torner, M. Katz, and D. Eger, “Observation of multiple soliton generation mediated by amplification of asymmetries,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 67(4), 046616 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

• J. W. Grantham, H. M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, J. F. Valley, and X. Jiajin, “Kaleidoscopic spatial instability: Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 66(11), 1422–1425 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(13), 133901 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• X. Liu, L. J. Qian, and F. W. Wise, “Generation of optical spatiotemporal solitons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82(23), 4631–4634 (1999). [CrossRef]
• X. Liu, K. Beckwitt, and F. W. Wise, “Transverse instability of optical spatiotemporal solitons in quadratic media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85(9), 1871–1874 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• H. S. Eisenberg, R. Morandotti, Y. Silberberg, S. Bar-Ad, D. Ross, and J. S. Aitchison, “Kerr spatiotemporal self-focusing in a planar glass waveguide,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87(4), 043902 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• K. D. Moll, A. L. Gaeta, and G. Fibich, “Self-similar optical wave collapse: observation of the Townes profile,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90(20), 203902 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• R. Y. Chiao, E. Garmire, and C. H. Townes, “Self-trapping of optical beams,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 13(15), 479–482 (1964). [CrossRef]
• P. Audebert, Ph. Daguzan, A. Dos Santos, J. C. Gauthier, J. P. Geindre, S. Guizard, G. Hamoniaux, K. Krastev, P. Martin, G. Petite, and A. Antonetti, “Space-time observation of an electron gas in SiO2.,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 73(14), 1990–1993 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• 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]

Physica D

• S. Skupin and L. Berge, “Self-guiding of femtosecond light pulses in condensed media: Plasma generation versus chromatic dispersion,” Physica D 220(1), 14–30 (2006). [CrossRef]

Pramana J. Phys.

• R. Gopal, V. Deepak, and S. Sivaramakrishnan, ““Sytematic study of spatiotemporal dynamics of intense femtosecond laser pulses in BK-7 glass,” Pramana J. Phys. 68(4), 547–569 (2007). [CrossRef]

Quantum Electron.

• V. P. Kandidov and V. Y. Fedorov, “Properties of self-focusing of elliptic beams,” Quantum Electron. 34, 1163–1168 (2004). [CrossRef]

Rep. Prog. Phys.

• L. BergéS. Skupin, R. Nuter, J. Kasparian, and J.-P. Wolf, “Ultrashort filaments of light in weakly ionized optically transparent media,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 70(10), 1633–1713 (2007). [CrossRef]

Science

• J. Kasparian, M. Rodriguez, G. Méjean, J. Yu, E. Salmon, H. Wille, R. Bourayou, S. Frey, Y. B. Andre, A. Mysyrowicz, R. Sauerbrey, J.-P. Wolf, and L. Wöste, “White-light filaments for atmospheric analysis,” Science 301(5629), 61–64 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• A. L. Gaeta, “Optics. Collapsing light really shines,” Science 301(5629), 54–55 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

• G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, 4th ed. (Academic, San Diego, 2007).

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