Abstract
We report on the observation of permanent filamentation in a slab waveguide made of As2S3, a photosensitive material. The process occurs through the self-writing of a channel waveguide. The presence of multiple filaments seems to be related to the quality of the wavefront.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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