Abstract
An adaptive method based on the genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed to control the location of femtosecond laser filament. To verify the feasibility of this method, the simulation results obtained through the GA method are compared with those by the chirp method when femtosecond laser pulses with different pulse energies are used. It is found that the intensity profile and the phase of the femtosecond laser pulses obtained by the GA method are nearly identical to those obtained by the chirp method. It demonstrates that the GA adaptive control method can accurately control the position of the starting point of the filament in the femtosecond laser filamentation.