Title :
Significant enhancement of third- and fifth-harmonic generation in air via two-color, time-resolved methods
Author :
Weerawarne, Darshana L. ; Grynko, Rostislav I. ; Meyer, Henry J. ; Shim, Bonggu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Appl. Phys., & Astron., Binghamton Univ., Binghamton, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report two orders of magnitude enhancement of third- and fifth-harmonic generation in air via time-resolved methods using two-color, femtosecond beams. We attribute the significant enhancement to cross-phase modulation and/or plasma assisted phase matching effects.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; optical phase matching; phase modulation; cross-phase modulation; fifth-harmonic generation; magnitude enhancement; plasma assisted phase matching effects; third-harmonic generation; two-color femtosecond beams; two-color time-resolved methods; Delays; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Particle beams; Power harmonic filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
