Nonlinear Effects with Ultrashort Laser Pulses

• Authors: P. Wasylczyk , W. Wasilewski , M. Trippenbach , C. Radzewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Propagation of an intense femtosecond laser pulse through a transparent nonlinear medium such as dielectric leads to a number of phenomena. In our experiment we observed complex spatial, spectral, and temporal structures appearing in the initially smooth femtosecond laser pulse when the pulse power is comparable to or higher than the critical power for self-focusing. We have also developed a complete, 3-dimensional theoretical model to describe the observed phenomena.

Keywords

EN

42.65.Jx; 42.65.Sf

Discipline

• 42.65.Jx: Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation
• 42.65.Sf: Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 89-104

Dates

published

2002-01

received

2001-06-28

Contributors

author

P. Wasylczyk

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

author

W. Wasilewski

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

author

M. Trippenbach

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

author

C. Radzewicz

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.101.89