Femtosecond Light Wave Packets

• Authors: C. Radzewicz , M. Trippenbach , Y. Band , J. Krasinski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We analyze propagation of ultra short light pulses in a transparent, dispersive, nonlinear medium. A general formula for femtosecond wave packet evolution is developed and applied to specific problems. Theoretical and experimental results for wave packet distortion by lenses, wave packet rotation in birefringent media and group velocity matching in sum frequency generation are presented. Numerical results for splitting of femtosecond wave packets in dispersive Kerr media are also presented.

Keywords

EN

42.65.Jx; 42.65.Re

Discipline

• 42.65.Jx: Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation
• 42.65.Re: Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression(for ultrafast spectroscopy, see 78.47.J-; for ultrafast magnetization dynamics, see 75.78.Jp)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1998
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 237-251

Dates

published

1998-01

Contributors

author

C. Radzewicz

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

author

M. Trippenbach

• Department of Chemistry and Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

author

Y. Band

• Department of Chemistry and Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

author

J. Krasinski

• Center for Laser and Photonics Research, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.93.237