Optical parametric amplification of X-shaped localised wave-packets

被引:4
作者
Dubietis, A. [1 ]
Smilgevicius, V. [1 ]
Stabinis, A. [1 ]
Valiulis, G. [1 ]
Piskarskas, A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Vilnius Univ, Dept Quantum Elect, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania
关键词
parametric amplification; X-pulses; localised wave packets; BESSEL BEAMS; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION-FREE; QUANTUM-NOISE; LIGHT-PULSES; GENERATION; OSCILLATORS; FREQUENCIES; MEDIA; PROPAGATION;
D O I
10.1070/QE2009v039n07ABEH014177
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The general concepts for generation and amplification of the X-pulses in optical parametric amplifiers under the plane-wave and localised (Bessel beam, or more generally, X-pulse) pump are reviewed. It is shown numerically and experimentally that X-pulse phase-matching gives rise to spontaneous emergence of the localised light structures in the regime of the parametric frequency down-conversion. The parametric amplification technique of localised waves is extended to the chirped X-pulse optical parametric amplification concept, which allows one to achieve few optical cycle, high-peak power localised wave packets for laser-matter interactions.
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页码:599 / 608
页数:10
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