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Focusing of ultrashort sub-TW laser pulses in air - Supercontinuum emission

  • P. Prem Kiran
  • , S. Bagchi
  • , C. L. Arnold
  • , S. Rama Krishnan
  • , G. Ravindra Kumar
  • , A. Couairon
  • University of Hyderabad
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
  • RRCAT
  • Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique
  • Lund University
  • Sri Sathya Sai University
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik

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Abstract

Our recent work [Phys. Rev. A, 82, 013805 (2010)] clearly establishes a new regime of filamentation beyond the conventional "intensity clamping" by high-resolution spatial imaging of filaments. We present the corresponding measurements of the super continuum emission (SCE) from filaments in this regime produced by ultra short (45 fs) sub- TW (up to 0.2 TW) Ti:Sapphire laser pulses focused air under tight (f/6) focusing geometry. The intimate connection between the spatial and spectral domains in the new regime is established by investigating the spectral broadening of SCE at peak intensities exceeding 1014 W/cm2 pulses at the focus thus giving a more complete picture of this new regime in filamentary propagation of intense fs pulses.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhotonics 2010
Subtitle of host publicationTenth International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2011
EventPhotonics 2010: 10th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics - Guwahati, India
Duration: 11 Dec 201015 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8173
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferencePhotonics 2010: 10th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityGuwahati
Period11/12/1015/12/10

Keywords

  • Intensity clamping
  • Propagation
  • Sub-TW fs laser pulses
  • Super continnum emission
  • Tight focusing

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