• DocumentCode
    689686
  • Title

    Evolution of ellipticity of ultrashort infrared pulses propagating in air

  • Author

    Rostami, Shermineh ; Arissian, Ladan ; Diels, Jean-Claude

  • Author_Institution
    Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We measure the polarization evolution of ultrashort pulses (filaments) propagating in air for various pulse widths and energies. We observe the change of light ellipticity close to circular polarization.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric light propagation; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; circular polarization; light ellipticity; polarization evolution; pulse energy; pulse propagation; pulse width; ultrashort infrared pulses; Laser beams; Lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Modulation; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834073