The white light supercontinuum is indeed an ultrafast white light laser

被引:70
作者
Chin, SL [1 ]
Petit, S
Borne, F
Miyazaki, K
机构
[1] Univ Laval, Ctr Opt Photon & Laser, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
[2] Univ Laval, Dept Phys, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
[3] Kyoto Univ, Inst Adv Energy, Uji, Kyoto 6110011, Japan
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1999年 / 38卷 / 2A期
关键词
femtosecond; supercontinuum; while light laser;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.38.L126
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We identify the white light supercontinuum generated by femtosecond Ti-sapphire laser pulses as an ultrafast white light laser because the relative coherence lengths of all the wavelength components of the supercontinuum are essentially the same as that of the laser pulse when compared to an incoherent white light source.
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页码:L126 / L128
页数:3
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