Nonlinear mechanisms to Rogue events in the process of interaction between optical filaments

Abstract

We investigate two types of nonlinear interaction between collinear femtosecond laser pulses with power slightly above the critical for self-focusing Pcr. In the first case we study energy exchange between filaments. The model describes this process through degenerate four-photon parametric mixing (FPPM) scheme and requests initial phase difference between the waves. When there are no initial phase difference between the pulses, the FPPM process does not work. In this case it is obtained the second type of interaction as merging between two, three or four filaments in a single filament with higher power. It is found that in the second case the interflow between the filaments has potential of interaction due to cross-phase modulation (CPM).