@inproceedings{964da03645ba4c11afa69f2334ab27e2,
title = "Honeycomb pattern formation by laser-beam filamentation in atomic sodium vapor",
abstract = "This study presents examples of observed optical pattern formation in which a single laser beam propagating through atomic sodium vapor without feedback develops a stable, regular transverse structure. In particular, a three-filament near-field pattern leading to a honeycomb far-field pattern occurs at intensities near the saturation intensity and at powers larger than (but of the order of magnitude of) the critical power for self-focusing. The three-filament pattern has a uniform phase profile and strongly correlated power fluctuations, which suggest that it is perhaps a quantum image. These observations are also found to be in good agreement with numerical simulations of filamentation in a two-level atomic medium.",
author = "Bennink, {Ryan S.} and Vincent Wong and Marino, {Alberto M.} and Aronstein, {David L.} and Boyd, {Robert W.} and Stroud, {C. R.} and Svetlana Lukishova and Gauthier, {Daniel J.}",
year = "2003",
doi = "10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313969",
language = "English",
series = "2003 European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2003",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "112",
booktitle = "2003 European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2003",
note = "European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2003 ; Conference date: 22-06-2003 Through 27-06-2003",
}