Title :
Propagation of ultrafast intense pulses in condensed media
Author :
Dharmadhikari, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Tata Inst. of Fundamental Res., Mumbai
Abstract :
The propagation of intense, ultrashort laser pulses produces filamentation whose onset can be controlled by rotating the plane of polarization of incident light in condensed media. Such control is demonstrated in both isotropic and uniaxial crystals. Further, pulse compression of ultrashort pulses using condensed media will be discussed.
Keywords :
barium compounds; calcium compounds; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; light propagation; optical pulse compression; sapphire; Al2O3; BaF2; CaF2; condensed media; filamentation; fluorescence; incident light polarization; isotropic crystals; pulse compression; six-photon absorption; ultrafast intense pulses; ultrafast pulse propagation; ultrashort laser pulses; uniaxial crystals; Absorption; Crystals; Focusing; Free electron lasers; Lighting control; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391593
