Self-compression to sub-3-cycle duration of mid-infrared optical pulses in dielectrics

被引：103

作者：

Hemmer, Michael ^{[1
]}

Baudisch, Matthias ^{[1
]}

Thai, Alexandre ^{[1
]}

Couairon, Arnaud ^{[2
]}

Biegert, Jens ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] ICFO Inst Ciencies Foton, Castelldefels 08860, Barcelona, Spain

[2] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, Ctr Phys Theor, F-91128 Palaiseau, France

[3] ICREA, Barcelona 08010, Spain

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2013年 / 21卷 / 23期

关键词：

HOLLOW WAVE-GUIDES; FEW-CYCLE PULSES; 2; MU-M; BULK MEDIA; GENERATION; FILAMENTATION; SUPERCONTINUUM; INTENSE;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.21.028095

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We present the first demonstration of sub-3 cycle optical pulses at 3.1 mu m central wavelength generated through self-compression in the anomalous dispersion regime in a dielectric. The pulses emerging from this compact and efficient self-compression setup could be focused to intensities exceeding 10(14) W/cm(2), a suitable range for high field physics experiments. Numerical simulations performed with a 3D nonlinear propagation code, provide theoretical insight on the processes involved and support our experimental findings. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：28095 / 28102

页数：8

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