Filamentation-Laser Matter Interaction group

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Publications 2024

[229] Pump-laser-wavelength dependence of population inversion in N2+
L. Xu, C. Zhou, G. Fan, H. Cheng, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, V. T. Tikhonchuk, and Y. Liu,
Phys. Rev. A, 109, 013518 (2024) [link] [HAL]

[228] Experimental Investigation of Repetitive Femtosecond Laser Energy Deposition in a M=3 Supersonic Airflow
P.-Q. Elias, B. Khiar, S. Morilhat, N. Severac, J.-M. Luyssen, J.-P. Tobeli, R. Bur, I. Doudet, B. Wattellier, L. Bizet, Y.-B. André, B. Mahieu, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Houard,
AIAA SCieTech 2024 Forum, 2024-1651 (2024) [link] [HAL]

[227] Multiple-Photon Resonance Enabled Quantum Interference in Emission Spectroscopy of N2+
X. Zhang , Q. Lu, Y. Zhu, J. Zhao, R. Danylo, L. Xu, M. Lei, H. Jiang, Chengyin Wu, Z. Zhang, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk , A. Mysyrowicz, Q. Gong, S. Zhuang, Z. Zhao, Y. Liu,
Ultrafast Science 4, 0051 (2024) [link] [HAL]

Publications 2023

[226] Long distance laser filamentation using Yb:YAG kHz laser
P. Walch, B. Mahieu, V. Moreno, T. Produit, U. Andral, Y.-B. André, L. Bizet, M. Lozano, C. Herkommer, M. Moret, R. Jung, R. Bessing, S. Klingebiel, Y. Bertho, T. Metzger, A. Mysyrowicz, J.-P. Wolf, J. Kasparian & A. Houard,
Scientific Reports 13, 18542 (2023) [link] [HAL]

[225] Standoff detection of an electric field by bidirectional nitrogen lasing
X. Zhang, Q. Lu, H. Mei, S. Qin, Y. Gao, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Mysyrowicz, L. Xu, and Y. Liu,
Phys. Rev. A 108, 033513 (2023) [link] [HAL]

[224] Study of consecutive long-lived meter-scale laser-guided sparks in air
P. Walch, L. Arantchouk, B. Mahieu, M. Lozano, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Houard,
Physics of Plasmas 30, 083503 (2023) [link] [HAL]

[223] Laser emission at 428 nm in N2+: Competition between two- and three-level amplification
R. Danylo, X. Zhang, A. Houard, Y. Liu, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Mysyrowicz,
Applied Physics Letters 122, 111109 (2023) [link] [HAL]

[222] Spectral splitting of the lasing emission of nitrogen ions pumped by 800-nm femtosecond laser pulses
Q. Lu, X. Zhang, S. López, H. Mei, L. Xu, Q. Liang, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Mysyrowicz, E. Oliva, and Y. Liu,
Optics Letters 48, 664 (2023) [link] [HAL]

[221] Laser-guided lightning
A. Houard, P. Walch, T. Produit, V. Moreno, B. Mahieu, A. Sunjerga, C. Herkommer, A. Mostajabi, U. Andral, Y.-B. André, M. Lozano, L. Bizet, M. C. Schroeder, G. Schimmel, M. Moret, M. Stanley, W. A. Rison, O. Maurice, B. Esmiller, K. Michel, W. Haas, T. Metzger, M. Rubinstein, F. Rachidi, J.-P. Wolf,
Nature Photonics 17, 231 (2023) [link] [HAL]

Publications 2022

[220] Femtosecond filamentation of optical vortices for the generation of optical air waveguides
S. Fu, B. Mahieu, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Houard,
Optics Letters 47, 5228 (2022) [link] [HAL]

[219] Nonlinear Propagation and Filamentation on 100 Meter Air Path of Femtosecond Beam Partitioned by Wire Mesh
Y. E. Geints, O. V. Minina, I. Y. Geints, L. V Seleznev, D. V. Pushkarev, D. V. Mokrousova, G. E Rizaev, D. E Shipilo, I. A Nikolaeva, M. V Kurilova, N. A Panov, O. G Kosareva, A. Houard, A. Couairon, A. A Ionin, W. Liu,
Sensors 22, 6322 (2022) [link] [HAL]

[218] Second and third harmonic generation from simultaneous high peak- and high average-power thin disk laser
U. Andral, P. Walch, V. Moreno, B. Mahieu, T. Produit, M. Lozano, L. Bizet, C. Herkommer, M. Moret, Y.-B. André, P. Krötz, T. Metzger, K. Michel, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Kasparian, D. Lupinski, A. Houard, J.-P. Wolf,
Applied Physics B – Laser and Optics 128, 177 (2022) [link] [HAL]

[217] Control of the acoustic waves generated by intense laser filamentation in water,
V. Jukna, S. Albert, C. Millon, B. Mahieu, R. Guillermin, G. Rabau, D. Fattaccioli, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, and A. Houard,
Optics Express 30, 9103 (2022) [link] [HAL]

[216] Coherently controlled ionization of gases by three-color femtosecond laser pulses,
S. Wang, C. Lu, Z. Fan, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Mysyrowicz, S. Zhuang, V. A. Kostin, and Y. Liu,
Phys. Rev A 105, 023529 (2022) [link] [HAL]

Publications 2021

[215] Femtosecond laser filamentation and applications,
A. Houard and A. Mysyrowicz,
Light Filaments: Structures, challenges and applications, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp.11-30 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[214] Cumulative air density depletion during high repetition rate filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses: Application to electric discharge triggering,
P. Walch, B. Mahieu, L. Arantchouk, Y.-B. Andre, A. Mysyrowicz, and A. Houard,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 119, 264101 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[213] Modeling of the processes of ionization and excitation of nitrogen molecules by short and intense laser pulses,
V. T. Tikhonchuk, Y. Liu, R. Danylo, A. Houard, and A. Mysyrowicz,
Phys. Rev. A 104, 063116 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[212] Tracing Evolution of Angle-Wavelength Spectrum along the 40-m Postfilament in Corridor Air,
D. V. Mokrousova, D. V. Pushkarev, N. A. Panov, I. A. Nikolaeva, D. E. Shipilo, N. A. Zhidovtsev, G. E. Rizaev, D. S. Uryupina, A. Couairon, A. Houard, D. V. Skryabin, A. B. Savel’ev, O. G. Kosareva, L. V. Seleznev, and A. A. Ionin,
Photonics 8, 446 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[211] Remote triggering of air-gap discharge by a femtosecond laser filament and postfilament at distances up to 80 m,
O. G. Kosareva, D. V. Mokrousova, N. A. Panov, I. A. Nikolaeva, D. E. Shipilo, E. V. Mitina, A. V. Koribut, G. E. Rizaev, A. Couairon, A. Houard, A. B. Savel’ev, L. V. Seleznev, A. A. Ionin, and S. L. Chin,
Applied Physics letters 119, 041103 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[210] Time-resolved study of laser emission in nitrogen gas pumped by two near IR femtosecond laser pulses,
R. Danylo, G. Lambert, Y. Liu, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz,
Optics Letters 46, 1253 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[209] Tunable infrared supercontinuum on 100 m path in air,
O. Kosareva, N. Panov, D. Shipilo, D. Mokrousova, I. Nikolaeva, E. Mitina, A. Koribut, A. Reutov, G. Rizaev, A. Couairon, A. Houard, D. Skryabin, A. Saletsky, A. Savelev, L. Seleznev, A. Ionin, S. L. Chin,
Optics Letters 46, 1125 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[208] Theory of femtosecond strong field ion excitation and subsequent lasing in N+2,
V. T. Tikhonchuk, Y. Liu, R. Danylo, A. Houard, and A. Mysyrowicz,
New Journal of Physics 23, 23035 (2021) [link] [HAL]

[207] The Laser Lightning Rod project,
T. Produit, P. Walch, C. Herkommer, A. Mostajabi, M. Moret, U. Andral, A. Sunjerga, M. Azadifar, Y.-B. André, B. Mahieu, W. Haas, B. Esmiller, G. Fournier, P. Krötz, T. Metzger, K. Michel, A. Mysyrowicz, M. Rubinstein, F. Rachidi, J. Kasparian, J.-P. Wolf, A. Houard,
The European Physycal Journal Applied Physics 93,  10504 (2021) [link] [HAL]

Publications 2020

[206] Coherent control of boosted terahertz radiation from air plasma pumped by a femtosecond three-color sawtooth field,
S. Liu, Z. Fan, C. Lu, J. Gui, Ch. Luo, S. Wang, Q. Liang, B. Zhou, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, V. Kostin, and Y. Liu
Phys. Rev. A 102, 063522 (2020) [link] [HAL]

[205] Laser-induced ultrafast demagnetization and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy reduction in a Co88Tb12 thin film with stripe domains,
M. Hennes, A. Merhe, X. Liu, D. Weder, C. von Korff Schmising, M. Schneider, C. M. Günther, B. Mahieu, G. Malinowski, M. Hehn, D. Lacour, F. Capotondi, E. Pedersoli, I. P. Nikolov, V. Chardonnet, E. Jal, J. Lüning, and B. Vodungbo
Phys. Rev. B 102, 174437 (2020) [link] [HAL]

[204] Ultrafast thin-disk multipass amplifier with 720 mJ operating at kilohertz repetition rate for applications in atmospheric research,
C. Herkommer, P. Krötz, R. Jung, S. Klingebiel C. Wandt, R. Bessing, P. Walch, T. Produit, K. Michel, D. Bauer, R. Kienberger, and T. Metzger,
Optics Express 28, 30164 (2020) [link] [HAL]

[203] Quantum erasing of laser emission in N2+,
R. Danylo, G. Lambert, Y. Liu, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Houard, and A. Mysyrowicz,
Optics Letters 45, 4670 (2020) [link] [HAL]

[202] Terahertz Radiation from a Longitudinal Electric Field Biased Femtosecond Filament in Air,
Y. Liu, S. Liu, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, V. T. Tikhonchuk,
Chin. Phys. Lett. 37, 065201 (2020) [link] [HAL]

[201] Rydberg excitons in Cu2O microcrystals grown on a silicon platform,
S. Steinhauer, M. A. M. Versteegh, S. Gyger, A. W. Elshaari, B. Kunert, A. Mysyrowicz & V. Zwiller,
Communications Materials 1, 11 (2020) [link] [HAL]

[200] Backward lasing of singly ionized nitrogen ions pumped by femtosecond laser pulses,
X. Zhang, R. Danylo, Z. Fan, P. Ding, C. Kou, Qi. Liang, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Mysyrowicz & Y. Liu
Applied Physics B 126, 53 (2020) [link] [HAL]

Publications 2019

[199] Formation dynamics of excited neutral nitrogen molecules inside femtosecond laser filaments,
R. Danylo, X. Zhang, Z. Fan, D. Zhou, Q. Lu, B. Zhou, Q. Liang, S. Zhuang, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, E. Oliva, and Y. Liu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 243203 (2019) [link]

[198] Lasing without population inversion in N2+,
A. Mysyrowicz, R. Danylo, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk, X. Zhang, Z. Fan, Q. Liang, S. Zhuang, L. Yuan, Y. Liu,
APL Photonics 4, 110807 (2019) [link]

[197] Linear discriminant analysis based predator-prey analysis of hot electron efects on the X-pinch plasma produced K-shell Aluminum spectra,
M. Fatih Yilmaz, Y. Danisman, J. Larour, L. Arantchouk,
Scientific Report 9, 11867 (2019) [link]

[196] Optimizing the third harmonic generated from air plasma filaments pumped by femtosecond laser pulses,
Y. Liu, C. Kou, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz,
JOSA B 36, G13 (2019) [link]

[195] HV discharges triggered by dual- and triple-frequency laser filaments,
T. Produit, P. Walch, G. Schimmel, B. Mahieu, C. Herkommer, R. Jung, T. Metzger, K. Michel, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Houard, J. Kasparian, and J.-P. Wolf,
Opt. Express 27, 11339 (2019) [link]

[194] Optical transmission during mid-infrared femtosecond laser pulses ablation of fused silica,
Q. Liang, Y. Zhong, Z. Fan, H. Diao, V. Jukna, W. Chen, A. Houard, Z. Zeng, R. Li, Y. Liu,
Applied Surface Science 471, 506 (2019) [link]

Publications 2018

[193] Improving supersonic flights with femtosecond laser filamentation,
P.-Q. Elias, N. Severac, J.-M. Luyssen, Y.-B. André, I. Doudet, B. Wattellier, J.-P. Tobeli, S. Albert, B. Mahieu, R. Bur, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Houard, Science Advances 4, eaau5239 (2018) [link]

[192] The Role of Electron Collisions in Lasing in Neutral and Singly Ionized  molecular Nitrogen,
Y. Liu, P. Ding, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz,
in “Air Lasing”. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 208. Springer (2018) [link]

Publications 2017

[191] Long-lived laser-induced arc discharges for energy channeling applications, G. Point, L. Arantchouk, E. Thouin, J. Carbonnel, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Houard, Scientific Reports 7, 13801 (2017) [link]

[190] Unexpected sensitivity of nitrogen ions superradiant emission on pump laser wavelength and duration, Y. Liu, P. Ding, N. Ibrakovic, S. Bengtsson, S. Chen, R. Danylo, E.R. Simpson, E.W. Larsen, A. Houard, J. Mauritsson, A. L’Huillier, C.L. Arnold, S. Zhuang, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Mysyrowicz, Physical Review Letters 119, 203205 (2017) [link]

[189] Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in bulk condensed media, A. Dubietis, G. Tamosauskas, R. Šuminas, V. Jukna, A. Couairon, Lithuanian Jour. of Phys. 57, 113  (2017) [link]

[188] Excitation of nitrogen molecular ions in a strong laser field by electron recollisions, V. Tikhonchuk, J.-F. Tremblay-Bugeaud, Y. Liu, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, European Physical Journal D 71, 292 (2017) [link]

[187] Nonadiabaticity of cavity-free neutral nitrogen lasing, P. Ding, J. C. Escudero, A. Houard, A. Sanchis, J. Vera, S. Vicéns, Y. Liu, and E. Oliva, Physical Review A 96, 033810 (2017) [link]

[186] Second-order cascading-assisted filamentation and controllable supercontinuum generation in birefringent crystals, R. Šuminas, G. Tamošauskas, V. Jukna, A. Couairon, and A. Dubietis, Optics Express 25, 6746 (2017) [link]

[185] Multi-octave spanning nonlinear interactions induced by femtosecond filamentation in polycrystalline ZnSe, R. Šuminas, G. Tamošauskas, G. Valiulis, V. Jukn, A. Couairon, and A. Dubietis, Applied Physics Letters 110, 241106 (2017) [link]

[184] Transfer of microwave energy along a filament plasma column in air, B. Prade, A. Houard, J. Larour, M. Pellet, A. Mysyrowicz, Applied Physics B 123, 40 (2017) [link]

Publications 2016

[183] Lasing dynamics of neutral nitrogen molecules in femtosecond filaments, P. Ding, E. Oliva, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, and Y. Liu,
Physical Review A 94, 043824 (2016) [link]

[182] Plasma dynamics of a laser filamentation-guided spark,
G. Point, L. Arantchouk, J. Carbonnel, A. Mysyrowicz, and A. Houard,
Physics of Plasmas 23, 093505 (2016) [link]

[181] Odd harmonics-enhanced supercontinuum in bulk solid-state dielectric medium, V. Garzillo, N. Garejev, V. Jukna, G. Tamošauskas, M. Velik, R. Šuminas, A. Couairon, and A. Dubietis, Optics Express 24, 17060 (2016) [link]

[180] Optimization of laser energy deposition for single-shot high aspect-ratio microstructuring of thick BK7 glass, V. Garzillo, V. Jukna, A. Couairon, R. Grigutis, P. Di Trapani and O. Jedrkiewicz, J. Appl. Phys. 120, 013102 (2016) [link]

[179] Underwater acoustic wave generation by filamentation of terawatt ultrashort laser pulses, V. Jukna, A. Jarnac, C. Milián, Y. Brelet, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. André, R. Guillermin, J.-P. Sessarego, D. Fattaccioli, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, and A. Houard, Physical Review E 93, 063106 (2016) [link]

[178] Chirped Peregrine solitons in a class of cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrodinger equations, S. Chen, F. Baronio, J. M. Soto-Crespo, Y. Liu, and P. Grelu, Physical Review E 93, 062202 (2016) [link]

[177] Prolongation of the lifetime of guided discharges triggered in atmospheric air by femtosecond laser filaments up to 130 µs,
L. Arantchouk, B. Honnorat, E. Thouin, G. Point, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Houard, Applied Physics Letters 108, 173501 (2016) [link]

[176] Study of filamentation with a high power high repetition rate ps laser at 1.03 µm, A. Houard, V. Jukna, G. Point, Y-B. André, S. Klingebiel, M. Schultze, K. Michel, T. Metzger, and A. Mysyrowicz,Optics Express 24, 7437 (2016) [link]

[175] Utilisation d’une source laser pulsée à haute énergie comme source acoustique large bande en milieu liquide, J.-P. Sessarego, R. Guillermin, A. Jarnac, A. Houard, Y. Brelet, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz, D. Fattaccioli,Traitement du Signal 33, 95 (2016) [link]

[174] Energy deposition from focused terawatt laser pulses in air undergoing multifilamentation, G. Point, E. Thouin, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Houard, Optics Express 24, 6271 (2016) [link]

[173] Filamentation and Pulse Self-compression in the Anomalous Dispersion Region of Glasses, A. Couairon, V. Jukna, J. Darginavicius, D. Majus, N. Garejev, I. Gražuleviciute, G. Valiulis, G. Tamošauskas, A. Dubietis, F. Silva, M. Hemmer, M. Baudisch, A. Thai, J. Biegert, D. Faccio, A. Jarnac, A. Houard, Y. Liu, A. Mysyrowicz, S. Grabielle, N. Forget, A. Durécu, M. Durand, K. Lim, E. Mckee, M. Baudelet, M. Richardson, in Laser Filamentation, Springer International Publishing, pp.147-165, 2016, CRM Series in Mathematical Physics (2016) [link]

[172] Filamentation and light bullet formation dynamics in solid-state dielectric media with weak, moderate and strong anomalous group velocity dispersion, I. Grazuleviciute, N. Garejev, D. Majus, V. Jukna, G. Tamošauskas and A. Dubietis, J. Opt. 18, 025502 (2016) [link]

Publications 2015

[171] Propagation equation for tight-focusing by a parabolic mirror,
A. Couairon, O. G. Kosareva, N. A. Panov, D. E. Shipilo,V. A. Andreeva, V. Jukna, and F. Nesa, Optics Express 23, 31240 (2015) [link]

[170] Backward Lasing of Femtosecond Plasma Filaments, Y. Liu, S. Mitryukovskiy, P. Ding, G. Point, Y. Brelet, A. Houard, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, in Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science Vol. XII, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Vol 112, 89-103 (2015) [link]

[169] Recollision induced superradiance of ionized nitrogen molecules,
Y. Liu, P. Ding, G. Lambert, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk, and A. Mysyrowicz,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 133203 (2015) [link]

[168] Underwater acoustic signals induced by intense ultrashort laser pulse,
Y. Brelet, A. Jarnac, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Houard, D. Fattaccioli, R. Guillermin, J.-P. Sessarego, JASA Express Letters 137, 288 (2015) [link]

[167] Laser beam self-symmetrization in air in the multifilamentation regime,
C. Milian, V. Jukna, and A. Couairon, A. Houard, B. Forestier, J. Carbonnel, Y. Liu, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, Journal of Physics B, Special issue: Filamentation 48, 094013 (2015) [link]

[166] Generation of long-lived underdense channels using femtosecond filamentation in air, G. Point, C. Milián, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, and A. Houard, Journal of Physics B, Special issue: Filamentation 48, 094009 (2015) [link]

[165] Nonlinear Bessel vortex beams for applications, C. L. Arnold, S. Akturk, A. Mysyrowicz, V. Jukna, A. Couairon, T. Itina, R. Stoian, X. Chen, F. Courvoisier, J. Dudley, S. Bonanomi, O. Jedrkiewicz and P. Di Trapani, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. Special issue: Filamentation 48 094006 (2015) [link]

[164] Re-evaluation of the peak intensity inside a femtosecond laser filament in air, S. I. Mitryukovskiy, Y. Liu, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 48 094003 (2015) [link]

[163] Plasma luminescence from femtosecond filaments in air: evidence for impact excitation with circularly polarized light pulses,
S. Mitryukovskiy, Y. Liu, P. Ding, A. Houard, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 063003 (2015) [link]

Publications 2014

[162] Compression of TW class laser pulses in a planar hollow waveguide for applications in strong-field physics, A. Jarnac, F. Brizuela, C. M. Heyl, P. Rudawski, F. Campi, B. Kim, L. Rading, P. Johnsson, A. Mysyrowicz, A. L’Huillier, A. Houard, and C. L. Arnold, The European Physical Journal D 68, 273 (2014)  [link]

[161] Two-color interferometer for the study of laser filamentation triggered electric discharges in air, G. Point, Y. Brelet, L. Arantchouk, J. Carbonnel, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, and A. Houard, Review of Scientific Instruments 85, 123101 (2014)[link]

[160] Backward Lasing of Air plasma pumped by Circularly polarized femtosecond pulses for the saKe of remote sensing (BLACK),
P. Ding, S. Mitryukovskiy, A. Houard, E. Oliva, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz and Y. Liu, Optics Express 22, 29964 (2014) [link]

[159] Effect of input pulse chirp on nonlinear energy deposition and plasma excitation in water, C. Milian, A. Jarnac, Y. Brelet, V. Jukna, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Couairon, JOSA B 31, 2829 (2014) [link]

[158] Coherent interaction between the THz radiation emitted by filaments in air, S. I Mitryukovskiy, Y. Liu, B. Prade, A. Houard and A. Mysyrowicz,
Laser Physics 24 094009 (2014) [link]

[157] Large scale Tesla coil guided discharges initiated by femtosecond laser filamentation in air, L. Arantchouk, G. Point, Y. Brelet, B. Prade, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Houard, J. Appl. Phys. 116, 013303 (2014) [link]

[156] Superfilamentation in Air, G. Point, Y. Brelet, A. Houard, V. Jukna, C. Milián, J. Carbonnel, Y. Liu, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223902 (2014) [link]

[155] Backward stimulated radiation from filaments in nitrogen gas and air pumped by circularly polarized 800 nm femtosecond laser pulses,
S. Mitryukovskiy, Y. Liu, P. Ding, A. Houard and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express 22, 12750 (2014)  [link]

[154] Recent developments in femtosecond filamentation, A. Houard, Y. Liu and A. Mysyrowicz, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 497, 012001 (2014) [link]

[153] Effect of an external electric field on the coherent terahertz emission from multiple filaments in air, S. I. Mitryukovskiy, Y. Liu, B. Prade, A. Houard and A. Mysyrowicz, Appl. Phys. B 117, 265 (2014) [link]

[152] Lasing of ambient air with microjoule pulse energy pumped by a multi terawatt IR femtosecond laser, G. Point, Y. Liu, Y. Brelet, S. Mitryukovskiy, P. Ding, A. Houard, and A. Mysyrowicz, Opt. Lett. 39, 1725 (2014) [link]

[151] Compact 180-kV Marx generator triggered in atmospheric air by femtosecond laser filaments, L. Arantchouk, G. Point, Y. Brelet, J. Larour, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Houard, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 103506 (2014) [link]

[150] Whole life cycle of femtosecond ultraviolet filaments in water,
A. Jarnac, G. Tamosauskas, D. Majus, A. Houard, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, and A. Dubietis, Phys. Rev. A 89, 033809 (2014) [link]

[149] Spatiotemporal cleaning of a femtosecond laser pulse through interaction with counterpropagating filaments in air, A. Jarnac, M. Durand, A. Houard, Y. Liu, B. Prade, M. Richardson, and A. Mysyrowicz,
Phys. Rev. A 89, 023844 (2014) [link]

[148] Third Harmonic Generation from Perturbed Femtosecond Filament in Air, Y. Liu, M. Durand, Y. Brelet, A. Jarnac, B. Forestier, A. Houard, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, in Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science Vol. X, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Vol 106, 77 (2014) [link]

[147] Study of Laser Induced Plasma Gratings Dynamics in Gases,
A. Jarnac, M. Durand, Y. Liu, B. Prade, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Communications 312, 35 (2014) [link]

Publications 2013

[146] Kilometer range filamentation, M. Durand, A. Houard, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz,  A. Durécu, B. Moreau, D. Fleury, O. Vasseur, H. Borchert, K. Diener, R. Schmitt, F. Théberge, M. Chateauneuf, J.-F. Daigle and J. Dubois,
Optics Express 21, 26836 (2013) [http]

[145] Self-seeded lasing in ionized air pumped by 800 nm femtosecond laser pulses, Y. Liu, Y. Brelet, G. Point, A. Houard and A. Mysyrowicz,
Optics Express 21, 22791 (2013) [http]

[144] Laser induced periodic annular surface structures (LIPASS) on fused silica surface, Y. Liu, Y. Brelet, Z. He, L. Yu, B. Forestier, Y. Deng, H. Jiang, A. Houard, Applied Physics Letters 102, 251103 (2013) [pdf] [http]

[143] Coherent synthesis of THz fields from filament antenna array,
S.I. Mitryukovskiy, Y. Liu, B. Prade, A. Houard and A. Mysyrowicz
Applied Physics Letters 102, 221107 (2013) [http]

[142] Scalable high-fidelity femtosecond pulse temporal cleaning device based on cross-polarized wave generation, A. Ricci, A. Jullien, J.-P. Rousseau , Y. Liu, A. Houard, P. Ramirez , D. Papadopoulos, A. Pellegrina, P. Georges, F. Druon, N. Forget, R. Lopez-Martens, Review of Scientific Instruments, 84, 043106 (2013) [http]

[141] A simple high-voltage high current spark gap with subnanosecond jitter triggered by femtosecond laser filamentation, L. Arantchouk, A. Houard, Y. Brelet, J. Carbonnel, J. Larour, Y-B André and A. Mysyrowicz, Applied Physics Letters 102, 163502 (2013) [http]

[140] Conical emission and extreme blueshifted continuum peaks from filamentation in the regime of anomalous dispersion in fused silica,
M. Durand, K. Lim, V. Jukna, E. McKee, M. Baudelet, A. Houard, M. Richardson, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Couairon, Physical Review A 87, 043820 (2013) [http]

[139] Self guided propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in the anomalous dispersion region of transparent solids: a new regime of filamentation, M. Durand, A. Jarnac, A. Houard, Y. Liu, S. Grabielle, N. Forget, A. Durécu, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Physical Review Letters 110, 115003 (2013) [http]

[138] Ciliary white-light: Optical aspect of ultrashort laser ablation on transparent dielectrics, Y. Liu, Y. Brelet, Z. He, L. Yu, S. Mitryukovskiy, A. Houard, B. Forestier, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, Physical Review Letters 110, 097601 (2013) [http]
Selected for a focus in Physics

Publications 2012

[137] Radiofrequency plasma antenna generated by femtosecond laser filaments in air, Y. Brelet, A. Houard, G. Point, B. Prade, L. Arantchouk, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. Andre, M. Pellet, A. Mysyrowicz, Applied Physics Letters 101, 264106 (2012)[http]

[136] Dynamics of plasma gratings in atomic and molecular gases.
M. Durand, A. Jarnac, Y. Liu, B. Prade, A. Houard, V. Tikhonchuk, and A. Mysyrowicz, Phys. Rev. E 86, 036405 (2012) [pdf] [http]

[135] Tesla coil discharges guided by femtosecond laser filaments in air.
Y. Brelet, A. Houard, L. Arantchouk, B. Forestier, Y. Liu, B. Prade, J. Carbonnel, Y.-B. Andre and A. Mysyrowicz, Applied Physics Letters 100, 181112 (2012) [http]

[134] Triggering, guiding and deviation of long air spark discharges with femtosecond laser filament, B. Forestier, A. Houard, I. Revel, M. Durand, Y. B. André, B. Prade, A. Jarnac, J. Carbonnel, M. Le Nevé, J. C. de Miscault, B. Esmiller, D. Chapuis, and A. Mysyrowicz,
AIP Advances 2, 012151 (2012) [http]

Publications 2011

[133] Efficient Generation of Third Harmonic Radiation in Air Filaments: a Revisit, Y. Liu, M. Durand, A. Houard, B. Forestier, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Communications 284, 4706 (2011) [http]

[132] Measurement and control of plasma oscillations in femtosecond filaments, B. Zhou, A. Houard, Y. Liu, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, P. Mora, C. Smeenk, L. Arissian, and P. Corkum, Physical Review Letters 106, 255002 (2011) [http]

[131] Partitioning of the Linear Photon Momentum in Multiphoton Ionization.
C. T. L. Smeenk, L. Arissian, B. Zhou, A. Mysyrowicz, D. M. Villeneuve, A. Staudte, and P. B. Corkum, Physical Review Letters 106, 193002 (2011) [http]

[130] Compression of high-energy ultrashort laser pulses through an argon-filled tapered planar waveguide, S. Chen, A. Jarnac, A. Houard, Y. Liu, C. L. Arnold, B. Zhou, B. Forestier, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 28, 1009 (2011) [http]

[129] Experimental observation of a traveling plasma grating formed by two crossing filaments in gases, M. Durand, Y. Liu, B. Forestier, A. Houard, and A. Mysyrowicz, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 121110 (2011) [http]

Publications 2010

[128] Energy exchange between femtosecond laser filaments in air, Y. Liu, M. Durand, S. Chen, A. Houard, B. Prade, B. Forestier, and A. Mysyrowicz,
Physical Review Letters 105, 055003 (2010) [http]

[127] Quantum inelastic collisions between paraexcitons in Cu2O.
K. Yoshioka, T. Ideguchi, M. Kuwata-Gonokami and A. Mysyrowicz,
Physical Review B 82, p. 041201(R) (2010) [http]

[126] Pulse compression with planar hollow waveguides: a pathway towards relativistic intensity with table-top lasers, C. L. Arnold, B. Zhou, S. Akturk, S. Chen, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, New Journal of Physics 12, p. 073015 (2010)[http]

[125] Focal dynamics of multiple filaments: Microscopic imaging and reconstruction, P. P. Kiran, S. Bagchi, S. R. Krishnan, C. L. Arnold, G. R. Kumar, and A. Couairon, Physical Review A 82, p. 013805 (2010) [http]

[124] Unusual stability of one parameter family of dissipative solitons due to spectral filtering and nonlinearity saturation, S. Chen, Y. Liu, and A. Mysyrowicz, Physical Review A Rapid communications 81, 061806(R) (2010) [http]

[123] Fine Control of THz radiation from filamentation by molecular lensing in air, M. Durand, Y. Liu, A. Houard & A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Letters 35, 1710 (2010) [http]

[122] Radiofrequency conical emission from femtosecond filaments in air, B. Forestier, A. Houard, M. Durand, Y.B. André, B. Prade, J.Y. Dauvignac, F. Perret, Ch. Pichot, M. Pellet and A. Mysyrowicz, Applied Physics Letters 96, 141111 (2010) [http]

Publications 2009

[121] Generation of high quality tunable Bessel beams using a liquid-immersion axicon, S. Akturk, C.L. Arnold, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Communications 282, 3206-3209 (2009) [http]

[120] Revival of femtosecond laser plasma filaments in air by a nanosecond laser, B. Zhou, S. Akturk, B. Prade, Y.-B. André, A. Houard, Y. Liu, M. Franco, C. D’Amico, E. Salmon, Z.-Q. Hao, N. Lascoux and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express 17, 11450-11456 (2009) [http]

[119] Maker fringes in the Terahertz radiation produced by a 2-color laser field in air, Y. Liu, A. Houard, M. Durand, B. Prade and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express 17, 11480-11485 (2009) [http]

[118] Compression of ultrashort laser pulses in planar hollow waveguides: a stability analysis, C.L. Arnold, S. Akturk, M. Franco, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express 17, 11122-11129 (2009) [http]

[117] High energy ultrashort laser pulse compression in hollow planar waveguides, S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Zhou, and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Letters, 34, 1462-1464 (2009) [http]

[116] Generation of long plasma channels in air by focusing ultrashort laser pulses with an axicon, S. Akturk, B. Zhou, M. Franco, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Communications 282, 129-134 (2009) [http]

[115] Self-Focusing of Femtosecond Pulses in Air and Condensed Matter: Simulations and Experiments, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, in “Self-Focusing, Past and Present”, Springer, Topics in Applied Physics, Vol 114, pp 297-322 (2009) [http]

Publications 2008

[114] Dipolar-like Antenna Emission in the Radiofrequency Range by Laser-Produced Plasma Channels in Air, C. D’Amico, A. Houard, M. Pellet, C. Pichot and A. Mysyrowicz, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41, 245206 (2008) [http]

[113] Long plasma channels formed by axicon-focused filaments, S. Akturk, B. Zhou, A. Houard, M. Franco, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7027, 70271E (2008) [http]

[112] Progress towards lightning control using lasers, J. Kasparian, R. Ackermann, Y.-B. André, G. Méchain, G. Méjean, B. Prade, P. Rohwetter, E. Salmon, K. Stelmaszczyk, J. Yu, A. Mysyrowicz, R.Sauerbrey, L. Wöste and J.-P. Wolf, Journal of the European Optical Society – Rapid Publications Vol. 3, 08035,(2008) [http]

[111] Spectrogram representation of pulse self compression by filamentation.
S. Akturk, A. Couairon, M. Franco, and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 22, pp. 17626-17636 (oct 2008) [http]

[110] Study of the Influence of air turbulence on femtosecond filamentation.
A. Houard, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, L. Lombard, A. Durécu, B. Fleury, C. Robert, V. Michau, and O. Vasseur, Physical Review A 78, pp 033804 (sep 2008)[http]

[109] Amplification of Transition-Cherenkov Terahertz Radiation of Femtosecond Filament in Air, Y. Liu, A. Houard, B. Prade, A. Diaw, V.T. Tikhonchuk and A. Mysyrowicz, Applied Physics Letters 93, 051108 (2008) [http]

[108] Intensity distribution around the focal regions of real axicons, S. Akturk, B. Zhou, B. Pasquiou, M. Franco and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Communications 281, pp 4240-4244 (2008) [http]

[107] Strong enhancement of Terahertz radiation from laser filaments in air by a static electric field, A. Houard, Y. Liu, B. Prade, V.T. Tikhonchuk and A. Mysyrowicz, Physical Review Letters 100, 255006 (2008) [http]

[106] Coherent Quantum Control of Excitons at Ultracold and High Density in Cu2O with Phase Manipulated Pulses, T. Ideguchi, K. Yoshioka, A. Mysyrowicz and M. Kuwata-Gonokami, Physical Review Letters 100, 233001 (juin 2008) [pdf] [http]

[105] Polarization Analysis of THz Radiation Generated by Four Wave Mixing in Air, A. Houard, Y. Liu, B. Prade and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Letters 33, No. 11, pp. 1195-1197 (juin 2008) [http]

[104] Measuring Ultrashort Pulses in the Single-Cycle Regime using Frequency Resolved Optical Gating, S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, and A. Mysyrowicz, JOSA B Vol. 25, Issue 6, pp. A63-A69 (avril 2008) [http]

[103] Electric events synchronized with laser filaments in thunderclouds.
J. Kasparian, R. Ackermann, Y.-B. André, G. Méchain, G. Méjean, B. Prade, P. Rohwetter, E. Salmon, K. Stelmaszczyk, J. Yu, A. Mysyrowicz, R. Sauerbrey, L. Woeste, and J.-P. Wolf
Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 8, pp. 5757-5763 (avril 2008) [http]

[102] Filamentation in Kerr media from pulsed bessel beams.
P. Polesana, M. Franco, A. Couairon, D. Faccio, and P. Di Trapani
Physical Review A 77, 043814 (avril 2008) [pdf] [http]

[101] Décharge électrique à fort courant induite dans l’air par filamentation laser, A. Houard, Y.B. André, A. Mysyrowicz and M. Pellet, Techniques de l’ingénieur, dossier IN97 (Fev 2008) [http]

[100] Self-compression of optical laser pulses by filamentation, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon and U. Keller, New Journal of Physics 10, 025023 (Fev 2008) [pdf] [http]

[99] Forward THz radiation emission by femtosecond filamentation in gases: theory and experiment, C. D’Amico, A. Houard, S. Akturk, Y. Liu, J. Le Bloas, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Couairon, V.T. Tikhonchuk, and A. Mysyrowicz, New Journal of Physics 10, 013015 (2008) [http]

Publications 2007

[98] Pulse shortening, spatial mode cleaning, and intense terahertz generation by filamentation in xenon, S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Physical Review A 76, 063819 (2007)[http]

[97] Calorimetric detection of conical THz radiation from femtosecond laser filaments in air, A. Houard, Y. Liu, A. Mysyrowicz and B. Leriche, Applied Physics Letters 91, 241105 (2007) [http]

[96] A simple method for determination of nonlinear propagation regimes in gases, S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express, 15, 15260 (2007) [http]

[95] Coherent and Incoherent Radial THz Radiation Emission from Femtosecond Filaments in Air, C. D’Amico, A. Houard, M. Franco, B. Prade and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express, 15, 15274 (2007) [http]

[94] Terahertz radiation source in air based on bifilamentation of femtosecond laser pulses, Y. Liu, A. Houard, B. Prade, S. Akturk, A. Mysyrowicz and V.T. Tikhonchuk, Physical Review Letters 99, 135002 (2007) [http]

[93] 5.1 fs pulses by filamentation — future prospective of self-compression to one optical cycle, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, J. Biegert and U. Keller
Ultrafast Phenomena XV, Vol. 88, Part II, p 74-76, Springer Series in Chemical Physics (août 2007) [http]

[92] Conical forward THz emission from femtosecond laser filamentation in air.
C. D’Amico, A. Houard, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Couairon, V.T. Tikhonchuk, A. Mysyrowicz, Physical Review Letters 98, 235002 (2007) [http]

[91] Spatio-temporal characterization of few-cycle pulses obtained by filamentation, A. Zaïr, A. Guandalini, F. Schapper, M. Holler, J. Biegert, L. Gallmann ,U. Keller, A. Couairon, M. Franco and A. Mysyrowicz, Optics Express 15, 5394 (2007) [http]

[90] High Current Permanent Discharges in Air Induced by Femtosecond Laser Filamentation, A. Houard, C. D’Amico, Y. Liu, Y. B. André, M. Franco, B. Prade, E. Salmon, P. Pierlot, L.-M. Cléon, A. Mysyrowicz, Applied Physics Letters 90, 171501 (2007) [http]

[89] Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media, A. Couairon, A. Mysyrowicz, Physics Reports, Vol. 441, Issues 2-4, Pages 47-189, (2007) [http]