Title :
The effect of dispersion on pulse distortion in optical filaments
Author_Institution :
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
11/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown theoretically that short intense light pulses of optical filaments can form an optical shock at the leading edge in the usual Kerr liquids. Under certain conditions an extremely sharp spike occurs at the front of the pulse.
Keywords :
Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1972.1076879
