Wavelength tuning of a few-cycle laser pulse by molecular alignment in femtosecond filamentation wake

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Jian ^a   Cai, Hua ^a   Couairon, Arnaud ^b   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MOLECULES; WAKES;

BROAD-BAND SPECTRUM; FEMTOSECOND FILAMENTATION; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PULSE; FEW-CYCLE LASER PULSE; FEW-CYCLE PULSE; FREQUENCY-TUNING; INCIDENT PULSE; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 66749190933     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.063812     Document Type: Article

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