Publications [#246469] of Daniel J. Gauthier

Papers Published

1. Bennink, RS; Wong, V; Marino, AM; Aronstein, DL; Boyd, RW; Stroud, CR; Lukishova, S; Gauthier, DJ, Honeycomb pattern formation by laser-beam filamentation in atomic sodium vapor., Physical Review Letters, vol. 88 no. 11 (March, 2002), pp. 113901, ISSN 0031-9007 (Highlighted on the cover of Phys. Rev. Lett., selected to appear in "Optics 2002".) [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
   (last updated on 2019/07/17)

   Abstract:
   We have observed transverse pattern formation leading to highly regular structures in both the near and far fields when a near-resonant laser beam propagates without feedback through an atomic sodium vapor. One example is a regular far-field honeycomb pattern, which results from the transformation of the laser beam within the vapor into a stable three-lobed structure with a uniform phase distribution and highly correlated power fluctuations. The predictions of a theoretical model of the filamentation process are in good agreement with these observations.