Self-transformation of a powerful femtosecond laser pulse into a white-light laser pulse in bulk optical media (or supercontinuum generation)

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 149-165

  Kandidov, V P ^a   Kosareva, O G ^a   Golubtsov, I S ^a   Liu, W ^b   Becker, A ^c   Akozbek, N ^d   Bowden, C M ^e   Chin, S L ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^d TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e US Army Aviation and Missile Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0141887227     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-003-1214-7     Document Type: Article

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