Title :
Supercontinuum Interference from Fresnel Diffraction Caused by Periodic Filamentation
Author :
Ni, Xiaohui ; Wang, Chun ; Liang, Xiangchun ; Al-Rubaiee, Mohammad ; Alfano, R.R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Ultrafast Spectrosc. & Lasers, City Coll. of New York, NY
Abstract :
Periodic filaments produced from diffraction were demonstrated in BK7 glass using femtosecond laser pulses. Stable ring and fringe patterns were observed and contributed to the interference of supercontinuum generation from these kind of periodic structure
Keywords :
Fresnel diffraction; high-speed optical techniques; light interference; optical glass; optical self-focusing; periodic structures; supercontinuum generation; BK7 glass; Fresnel diffraction; femtosecond laser pulses; fringe patterns; periodic filamentation; periodic structure; stable ring patterns; supercontinuum generation; supercontinuum interference; Apertures; Glass; Interference; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Pulse amplifiers; Ring lasers; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549231
