Title :
Broadened supercontinuum generation and rainbow filamentation observed in silver-nanoparticle-doped water
Author :
Wang, Chen ; Fu, Yuxi ; Cheng, Ya ; Xu, Zhizhan
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai
Abstract :
We report the investigation of supercontinuum generation by focusing a femtosecond (fs) laser beam into water doped with silver nanoparticles. And we also observed a side view of the filament showing a broad spectrum in the visible range, which is herein called "rainbow filament".
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nanoparticles; optical self-focusing; silver; supercontinuum generation; water; H2O:Ag; broadened super continuum generation; femtosecond laser beam focusing; rainbow filamentation; silver-nanoparticle-doped water; Frequency conversion; Laser theory; Light scattering; Nanoparticles; Optical pulse generation; Optical scattering; Physics; Silver; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391595
