{"id":3313,"date":"2026-01-20T19:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl-new\/?page_id=3313"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:21:35","slug":"optical-filamentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl\/optical-filamentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical Filamentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3313\" class=\"elementor elementor-3313\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7fa4cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c7fa4cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4297e502 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4297e502\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348f71e3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"348f71e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl\/lwir-laser-propagation-and-interaction\/\">PREVIOUS<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c38df57 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c38df57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lpl\/high-power-pulsed-fiber-laser-development-for-directed-energy-and-laser-fusion\/\">NEXT<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-367016c2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"367016c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5551cdd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5551cdd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b9acc1e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b9acc1e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61017091 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61017091\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-172a6819 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"172a6819\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a1efca2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a1efca2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281a1a76 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"281a1a76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Optical Filamentation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f8d2d6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f8d2d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When extremely high-power laser pulses propagate through the air, they can form self-guided channels of light known as filaments. Filaments can maintain their focus many times the Rayleigh distance allowing the projection of high intensities in a small spot size over long distances. Filamentation is dependent upon the medium through which they propagate; thus, it is important to characterize filaments in different environments. The Laser Plasma Laboratory has two laser facilities used to study the formation and propagation of filaments. The Multi-Terawatt Femtosecond laser is located at UCF and allows for controlled filamentation studies in a laboratory setting. The Mobile Ultrafast &#8211; High Energy Laser Facility is located on a 1 km outdoor propagation range allowing for filament studies through real world conditions. Studying filamentation in different environments supports the feasibility of long-range filament applications such as microwave guiding, white light LIDAR and stand-off material interaction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ddab78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53ddab78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9dd6f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a9dd6f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4b71dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c4b71dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766d846 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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Filaments can maintain their focus many times the Rayleigh distance allowing the projection of high intensities in a small spot size over long distances. 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