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Catastrophic Collapse of Ultrashort Pulses
Abstract
We investigate theoretically the self-focusing dynamics of an ultrashort laser pulse both near and above the threshold at which the pulse effectively undergoes catastrophic collapse. We find that, as a result of space-time focusing and self-steepening, an "optical shock" wave forms inside the medium that gives rise to a broad blueshifted pedestal in the transmitted pulse spectrum. Our results are in good agreement with the primary features observed in experiments and thus provide a theoretical understanding for the underlying process that gives rise to "white-light" generation.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gaeta, A. L.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2000-04-17
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 3582-3585
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W1972175852
- Cited by
- 512
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 16.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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