Towards an understanding of white-light generation in cubic media - Polarization properties across the entire spectral range

Author

Buchvarov, I. ; Trifonov, A. ; Fiebig, T.

Author_Institution

Eugene F. Merkert Chem. Center, Chestnut Hill

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

An investigation of the polarization properties of a femtosecond laser pulse induced coherent WL continuum generated in a cubic crystal (CaF₂) is discussed . For linear input polarization the WL spectrum shows strong depolarization around the input wavelength while the preservation of the input polarization is pronounced towards the blue spectral region. The origin of the observed depolarization effect has been elucidated.

Keywords

calcium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; light polarisation; optical materials; sapphire; solid lasers; supercontinuum generation; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; CaF₂; Ti:Sapphire system; blue spectral region; continuum generation; cubic media -polarization properties; depolarization effect; femtosecond laser pulse induced coherent WL generation; linear input polarization; Chemical lasers; Chemistry; Educational institutions; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical refraction; Pulse generation; Supercontinuum generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386282

Filename

4386282