Title :
Control of optical filaments with simple phase masks and its application to few-cycle pulse generation
Author :
Gallmann, Lukas ; Pfeifer, Thomas ; Abel, Mark J. ; Neumark, Daniel M. ; Leone, Stephen R.
Author_Institution :
Depts. of Chem. & Phys., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
A simple circular phase mask written on the driving laser beam significantly increases pointing stability and spectral coverage of femtosecond optical filaments. We compare our method to standard optical filamentation and the hollow-core fiber technique.
Keywords :
laser beams; masks; optical pulse generation; stability; driving laser beam; femtosecond optical filaments; few-cycle pulse generation; hollow-core fiber; pointing stability; simple circular phase mask; simple phase masks; spectral coverage; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser stability; Optical control; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Stimulated emission; Throughput; Ultrafast optics; (190.5530); (320.5520); (320.7110);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628096
