Title :
Temporal compression of ultrafast optical filaments by molecular quantum wakes in atmosphere
Author :
Fallahkhair, Arman ; Varma, Sanjay ; Rosenthal, Eric ; Chen, Yu-hsin ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
An ultrafast pulse filaments in atmosphere, leaving behind a molecular rotational quantum wake. A filamenting probe pulse is injected into the wake and is temporally compressed.
Keywords :
atmospheric optics; high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse compression; quantum optics; filamenting probe pulse; molecular rotational quantum wake; temporal compression; ultrafast optical filaments; Atmosphere; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Probes; Transient analysis; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
