Femtosecond pulse collapse in a quadratic nonlinear medium

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Abstract

Two-dimensional multicolored transverse arrays were generated in a quadratic nonlinear medium under the pump of two crossly overlapped femtosecond beams based on the cascaded non-collinear quadratic nonlinear couplings between the input pulses and quadratic spatial solitary waves originated from spatial breakup of one of the input beams with a small asymmetry. A probing supercontinuum pulse was diffracted and amplified with phase preservation, resulting in the formation of up-converted multicolor two-dimensional transverse arrays. By seeding with weak second harmonic pulses, the two-dimensional multicolored transverse patterns could be suppressed through weak beam control of the induced quadratic spatial solitary waves. At a high-intensity pump, colored conical emissions could be observed as a result of spatiotemporal collapse of femtosecond pulses in a quadratic medium. Seeded amplification of colored conical emission was demonstrated to support ultrabroadband up-conversion with a widely tunable range in wavelength and significantly high energy conversion efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInt. Conf. on Lasers, Applic., and Technologies 2007
Subtitle of host publicationEnviron. Monitoring and Ecological Applic.; Optical Sensors in Biological, Chem., and Eng. Technol.; and Femtosecond Laser Pulse Filamentation
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies 2007: Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Applications; Optical Sensors in Biological, Chemical, and Engineering Technologies; and Femtosecond Laser Pulse Filamentation - Minsk, Belarus
Duration: 28 May 20071 Jun 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6733
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies 2007: Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Applications; Optical Sensors in Biological, Chemical, and Engineering Technologies; and Femtosecond Laser Pulse Filamentation
Country/TerritoryBelarus
CityMinsk
Period28/05/071/06/07

Keywords

  • Colored conical emission
  • Femtosecond pulse collapse
  • Two-dimensional multicolored transverse arrays

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