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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 21/03/2016 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Optics Express |
Issue number | 6 |
Volume | 24 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Pages (from-to) | 6071-6082 |
Publication Status | Published |
Early online date | 10/03/16 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
We demonstrate the ability to position single and multiple filaments arbitrarily within the energy reservoir of a high power femtosecond laser pulse. A deformable mirror controlled by a genetic algorithm finds the optimal phase profile for producing filaments at user-defined locations within the energy reservoir to within a quarter of the nominal filament size, on average. This proof-of-principle experiment demonstrates a potential technique for fast control of the configuration of the filaments. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America