Title :
Enhanced supercontinuum generation by polarization control of filamentation in molecular gases
Author :
Rostami, Shermineh ; Chini, Michael ; Khan Lim ; Durand, Magali ; Baudelet, Matthieu ; Richardson, Martin ; Diels, Jean-Claude ; Arissian, Ladan
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Supercontinuum generation by filamentation in molecular gases is optimized by studying the ellipticity of the pulse polarization during the interaction with the species of the gas medium via strong field ionization and molecular alignment effects.
Keywords :
field ionisation; light polarisation; molecular orientation; molecule-photon collisions; supercontinuum generation; field ionization; filamentation polarization control; gas medium; molecular alignment effects; molecular gases; pulse polarization ellipticity; supercontinuum generation; Argon; Nitrogen; Optical pulse generation; Plasmas; Polarization; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
