• DocumentCode
    2876781
  • Title

    Single-cycle pulse generation by filamentation in noble gases

  • Author

    Couairon, A. ; Franco, M. ; Mysyrowicz, A. ; Biegert, J. ; Keller, U. ; Chakraborty, H.S. ; Gaarde, M.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre de Phys. Theor., CNRS, Palaiseau
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present an efficient mechanism to generate isolated infrared single-cycle pulses in noble gases, through a controlled filamentation process. We demonstrate that these pulses are able to produce isolated attosecond pulses.
  • Keywords
    optical pulse generation; controlled filamentation process; isolated infrared single-cycle pulses; noble gases; single-cycle pulse generation; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Process control; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; (320.5520) Pulse compression; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628574
  • Filename
    4628574