Title :
Multi-filamentation dynamics of ultrashort laser pulse in pre-aligned molecules
Author :
Wu, J. ; Cai, H. ; Zeng, H.
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Precision Spectrosc., East China Normal Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
By using field-free molecular alignment, we demonstrate the multi-filaments of ultrashort laser pulse with input spatial ellipticity can be suppressed to be a single core, or be controlled to various structures with modulated spectra.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; molecule-photon collisions; optical modulation; optical self-focusing; quantum optics; field-free molecular alignment; multifilamentation dynamics; quantum wake; self-focusing; spatial ellipticity; spectral modulation; ultrafast nonlinear optics; ultrashort laser pulse; Laser excitation; Molecular beam applications; Molecular beams; Optical control; Optical pulses; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Spectroscopy; Self-focusing; Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292635
