Title :
Self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses and full-dimensional spatiotemporal optical soliton formation
Author :
Koprinkov, I.G. ; Suda, A. ; Pengqian Wang ; Midorikawa, K.
Author_Institution :
RIKEN, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
We have shown, for the first time to our knowledge, that the self-compression of high intensity femtosecond optical pulses, preceding by self-focussing, is a general phenomenon that can be observed in different optical media, providing proper control of the experimental conditions. This has been experimentally confirmed in a number of atomic (Ar, Kr) and molecular (CH/sub 4/) gaseous media and in bulk solid material (fused silica). The full space-time trapping of the femtosecond pulses results in the generation (for the first time to our knowledge) of a full-dimensional spatiotemporal soliton (light bullet.
Keywords :
optical pulse compression; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; Ar; Kr; atomic gaseous media; bulk solid material; femtosecond laser pulse self compression; femtosecond pulses; full space-time trapping; full-dimensional spatiotemporal optical soliton formation; full-dimensional spatiotemporal soliton generation; fused silica; high intensity femtosecond optical pulses; light bullet; molecular (CH/sub 4/) gaseous media; optical media; self-compression; self-focussing; Argon; Atom optics; Optical control; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Silicon compounds; Solids; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811564
