Observation of Optical Pulse Shaping by the Self-Focusing Effects
- 9 December 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 21 (24) , 1648-1649
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.21.1648
Abstract
We report the observation of time distortion of intense laser pulses due to the self-focusing effect. The on-axis shape of pulses propagating in nitrobenzene was measured and compared with a computer solution of the nonlinear wave equation.Keywords
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