Which mechanism causes filamentation during ultrashort laser pulse propagation?

💡 Explanation

Self-focusing, where the refractive index increases with intensity, leads to a tighter beam; therefore, the 'self focusing overcomes diffraction divergence' increases laser fluence because the beam focuses itself, rather than other mechanisms like plasma generation.

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