Self-guiding of femtosecond light pulses in condensed media: Plasma generation versus chromatic dispersion

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-30

  Skupin, S ^a,b   Berge L ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nonlinear dispersive waves; Nonlinear Schr dinger equations; Optical self focusing; Ultrashort pulse propagation

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DISPERSION (WAVES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PLASMAS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE WAVES; NONLINEAR SCHRÖDINGER EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SELF-FOCUSING; ULTRASHORT PULSE PROPAGATION;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 33746693646     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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