Self-compression of optical laser pulses by filamentation

A. Mysyrowicz; A. Couairon; U. Keller

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/025023

Self-compression of optical laser pulses by filamentation

A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, U. Keller

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During the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in a transparent medium, pulse shortening can occur without external guiding. Experimental evidence for this effect and a description of its physical origin are presented. Nearly single cycle pulses at 800 nm with an energy of 0.120 mJ can be obtained with excellent beam quality. Carrier envelope offset phase (CEP) stability is conserved or even improved after the nonlinear propagation stage. Prospects for further improvement are discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	025023
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/025023
Publication status	Published - 29 Feb 2008

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Self-compression of optical laser pulses by filamentation

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