Self-Compression of High-Intensity Femtosecond Optical Pulses and Spatiotemporal Soliton Generation
- 24 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 84 (17) , 3847-3850
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.3847
Abstract
Self-compression of high-intensity femtosecond pulses has been observed in a number of atomic and molecular gases and solid bulk material. The evolution of the femtosecond pulse parameters during the self-compression has been studied under a variety of experimental conditions. Generation of spatiotemporal solitons has been achieved by the combined action of self-compression and self-focusing.Keywords
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