Tunable, octave-spannning supercontinuum driven by X-Waves formation in condensed Kerr media

Alessandro Averchi, Daniele Faccio, Antonio Lotti, Miroslav Kolesik, Jerome V. Moloney, Arnaud Couairon, Paolo Di Trapani

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Abstract

We generate an enhanced blue-shifted continuum in bulk Kerr media in ultrashort laser pulse filamentaiton at 1055 nm. At threshold, a spectrally isolated blue peak appears, while at higher energies the continuum expands from the blue peak and spans more than an octave in the spectrum. The central wavelength of the peak can be tuned in a 150 nm range. The effect is explained in terms of X-waves generation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationULTRAFAST PHENOMENA XVI
EditorsP Corkum, S DeSilvestri, KA Nelson, E Riedle
Place of PublicationBERLIN
PublisherSpringer
Pages858-860
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)978-3-540-95945-8
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event16th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena - Stresa
Duration: 9 Jun 200813 Jun 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mathematics
PublisherSpringer Verlag

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena
CityStresa
Period9/06/0813/06/08

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