• DocumentCode
    1769928
  • Title

    Self-compression of millijoule mid-IR femtosecond pulses in transparent dielectrics

  • Author

    Malevich, P. ; AliSauskas, S. ; Pugzlys, A. ; Voronin, A. ; Zheltikov, A.M. ; Faccio, D. ; Kartashov, D. ; Baltuska, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Self-compression of 2.2-mJ, 80-fs mid-IR pulses is achieved using a 1.5-mm-thick CaF2 plate. Femtosecond pulses with peak powers orders of magnitude higher than the self-focusing threshold can undergo self-compression without breaking up into multiple filaments.
  • Keywords
    calcium compounds; dielectric materials; high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse compression; optical self-focusing; CaF2; CaF2 plate; energy 2.2 mJ; millijoule mid-IR femtosecond pulses; peak powers; self-compression; self-focusing threshold; size 1.5 mm; time 80 fs; transparent dielectrics; Educational institutions; Focusing; Laser beams; Lenses; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nonlinear optics; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988617
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1769928