Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2938–2941 (1999)Optically Turbulent Femtosecond Light Guide in AirReceived 25 May 1999; published in the issue dated 11 October 1999 The onset and recurrence of multiple light filaments during the long-distance propagation of intense femtosecond infrared pulses in air is shown to share features with strong turbulence in other physical systems. Here, however, space-time collapse events drive the turbulence, and plasma defocusing, not dissipation, is the dominant mechanism regularizing the collapse. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2938
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2938
PACS:
42.65.Sf, 42.68.Ay
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