• DocumentCode
    2666790
  • Title

    Direct measurement of plasma evolution during supercontinuum generation in a solid

  • Author

    Tate, J. ; Casto, C. ; Schumacher, D.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We have performed, to our knowledge, the first direct measurement of plasma growth during the process of supercontinuum generation in a bulk material. We describe experimental and numerical results for sapphire and fused silica.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; plasma diagnostics; plasma production by laser; sapphire; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; SiO/sub 2/; bulk material; fused silica; plasma evolution; plasma growth; sapphire; supercontinuum generation; Ionization; Nonlinear optics; Performance evaluation; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Probes; Pulse measurements; Silicon compounds; Solids; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238569
  • Filename
    1276048