Observation of the complex propagation of a femtosecond laser pulse in a dispersive transparent bulk material

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 597-602

  Kumagai, Hiroshi ^a   Cho, Sung Hak ^a   Ishikawa, Kenichi ^a   Midorikawa, Katsumi ^a   Fujimoto, Masatoshi ^b   Aoshima, Shin Ichiro ^b   Tsuchiya, Yutaka ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; TRANSPARENCY;

TRANSPARENT MATERIALS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0038512543     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000597     Document Type: Article

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