• DocumentCode
    474662
  • Title

    Effect of aligned nitrogen molecules on atmospheric propagation of ultrashort laser pulses

  • Author

    Varma, S. ; Chen, Y.-H. ; Milchberg, H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A 90 fs pulse is focused in air, to non-ionizing intensity. A collinear probe pulse follows the pump into a region of spontaneously re-aligned N2. The aligned molecules can affect the focusing and filamenting of the probe.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; nitrogen; N; air; aligned nitrogen molecules; atmospheric propagation; collinear probe pulse; nonionizing intensity; time 90 fs; ultrashort laser pulses; Atom optics; Focusing; Laser theory; Nitrogen; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Physics; Probes; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (020.0020) Atomic and molecular physics; (020.1670) Coherent optical effects; (320.2250) Femtosecond phenomena;
  • 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
    4572365
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=474662