Title :
New insight into ultrafast white-light continuum generation in condensed media
Author :
Nagura, C. ; Kawano, H. ; Suda, A. ; Obara, M. ; Midorikawa, K.
Author_Institution :
Laser Technol. Lab., RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
White-light continuum generation by femtosecond laser pulses in transparent condensed media is investigated with 262, 393 and 785 nm incident pulses. New insight into continuum broadening and polarization are obtained.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; light polarisation; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; optical self-focusing; self-phase modulation; spectral line broadening; two-photon processes; 262 nm; 393 nm; 785 nm; Ti:sapphire laser pulses; anti-Stokes broadening; apparent threshold; band gap threshold; chirp-pulse amplification; continuum broadening; deep-UV continuum generation; extinction ratio; femtosecond laser pulses; polarization; second harmonic pulses; self-optical-field induced birefringence; self-phase modulation; spectral broadening; third harmonic pulses; third order nonlinearity; transparent condensed media; two-photon absorption; ultrafast white-light continuum generation; Focusing; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Pump lasers; Scanning probe microscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967861
