Long range propagation of ultrafast, ionizing laser pulses in a resonant nonlinear medium

G. Demeter, J. T. Moody, M. Aladi +18

We study the propagation of 0.05-1 TW power, ultrafast laser pulses in a 10 meter long rubidium vapor cell. The central wavelength of the laser is resonant with the $D_2$ line of r…