Spectral shaping of femtosecond X-waves

Author

Grunwald, Ruediger ; Kebbel, V. ; Juptner, W. ; Griebner, Uwe ; Nibbering, E.T.J. ; Kummrow, A. ; Rini, M. ; Elsaesser, Thomas

Author_Institution

Bremen Inst. of Appl. Beam Technol., Germany

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

422

Abstract

Summary form only given. The formation of X-shaped spatio-temporal structures (X-waves) by spectral interference of convergent polychromatic beams like "non-diffracting" Bessel-beams is known from acoustic and THz electromagnetic waves. Here we report on the results of recent theoretical and experimental investigations of optical X-waves. Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction theory is applied to the simulation of beam propagation for different spectral distributions. The influence of chirp and diffraction-caused cross-talk in an array of Bessel beams was also studied.

Keywords

Bessel functions; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; light diffraction; light propagation; optical crosstalk; optical pulse shaping; spatiotemporal phenomena; Bessel beam array; Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction theory; X-shaped spatio-temporal structures; beam propagation; chirp; convergent polychromatic beams; diffraction-caused cross-talk; femtosecond X-waves; nondiffracting Bessel-beams; optical X-waves; spectral distributions; spectral interference; spectral shaping; ultrashort-pulse lasers; Acoustic beams; Acoustic diffraction; Acoustic waves; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Optical crosstalk; Optical diffraction; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034155

Filename

1034155