Infrared extension of the supercontinuum generated by femtosecond terawatt laser pulses propagating in the atmosphere

Optics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 1397-1399

  Kasparian, J ^a   Sauerbrey, R ^a   Mondelain, D ^b   Niedermeier, S ^b   Yu, J ^b   Wolf, J P ^b   Andre Y B ^c   Franco, M ^c   Prade, B ^c   Tzortzakis, S ^c   Mysyrowicz, A ^c   Rodriguez, M ^d   Wille, H ^d   Woste L ^d  

^a Institut fur Optik und Quantenelektronik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER ENERGY;

LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0002622681     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.25.001397     Document Type: Article

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