DocumentCode
2248642
Title
Propagation of ultrafast intense pulses in condensed media
Author
Dharmadhikari, A.K.
Author_Institution
Tata Inst. of Fundamental Res., Mumbai
fYear
2007
fDate
26-31 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The propagation of intense, ultrashort laser pulses produces filamentation whose onset can be controlled by rotating the plane of polarization of incident light in condensed media. Such control is demonstrated in both isotropic and uniaxial crystals. Further, pulse compression of ultrashort pulses using condensed media will be discussed.
Keywords
barium compounds; calcium compounds; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; light propagation; optical pulse compression; sapphire; Al2O3; BaF2; CaF2; condensed media; filamentation; fluorescence; incident light polarization; isotropic crystals; pulse compression; six-photon absorption; ultrafast intense pulses; ultrafast pulse propagation; ultrashort laser pulses; uniaxial crystals; Absorption; Crystals; Focusing; Free electron lasers; Lighting control; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Seoul
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1174-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391593
Filename
4391593
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