Asymptotic pulse shapes in filamentary propagation of femtosecond pulses and self-compression

Author

Kruger, Carsten ; Demircan, Ayhan ; Stibenz, Gero ; Zhavoronkov, Nickolai ; Steinmeyer, Gunter

Author_Institution

Weierstrass-Inst. fur Angewandte Anal. und Stochastik, Berlin

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We investigate asymptotic pulse shapes arising from a balance of Kerr-type and plasma-mediated self-amplitude modulations. These self-stabilizing soliton-like solutions closely resemble experimental data and constitute the major mechanism for self-compression in femtosecond filaments.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; filamentation instability; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; plasma light propagation; plasma nonlinear processes; Kerr-type modulations; asymptotic pulse shapes; femtosecond pulses; filamentary propagation; plasma-mediated self-amplitude modulations; pulse self-compression; self-focusing; self-stabilizing soliton-like solutions; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Ultrafast optics; (190.5940) Self-action effects; (320.5520) Pulse compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572440