Title :
Single-cycle pulse generation by filamentation in noble gases
Author :
Couairon, A. ; Franco, M. ; Mysyrowicz, A. ; Biegert, J. ; Keller, U. ; Chakraborty, H.S. ; Gaarde, M.B.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Phys. Theor., CNRS, Palaiseau
Abstract :
We present an efficient mechanism to generate isolated infrared single-cycle pulses in noble gases, through a controlled filamentation process. We demonstrate that these pulses are able to produce isolated attosecond pulses.
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; controlled filamentation process; isolated infrared single-cycle pulses; noble gases; single-cycle pulse generation; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Process control; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; (320.5520) Pulse compression; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628574
