Title :
Measuring the temporal focusing of ultrashort Airy-Bessel wave packets
Author :
Piksarv, Peeter ; Valtna-Lukner, Heli ; Valdmann, Andreas ; Lõhmus, Madis ; Matt, Roland ; Saari, Peeter
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Univ. of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Abstract :
A technique for full spatio-temporal characterization of impulse responses of optical systems with an almost one-wave-cycle temporal resolution was developed. It was employed to characterize ultrashort Airy-Bessel light bullets generated by a circular diffraction grating.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical focusing; optical pulse generation; optical variables measurement; spatiotemporal phenomena; transient response; circular diffraction grating; full spatiotemporal characterization; impulse responses; one-wave-cycle temporal resolution; optical systems; temporal focusing; ultrashort Airy-Bessel light bullets; ultrashort Airy-Bessel wave packets; Diffraction; Gratings; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical variables measurement; Pulse measurements; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358710
