X-shaped third harmonic generated by ultrashort infrared pulse filamentation in air

Han Xu, Hui Xiong, Ruxin Li, Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, See Leang Chin

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Abstract

The authors report the measurement of the angularly resolved spectrum of the third harmonic generated in a femtosecond filament in air and its evolution with increasing pump power. Pumped by a focused infrared ultrashort pulse with a carrier wavelength of 1270 nm, a pulse duration of ∼20 fs, and pulse energy up to 487 μJ, the generated third harmonic is composed of an on-axis emission and a conical ring emission. When the pump power is sufficiently high, angularly resolved spectra with significant X-like feature could be observed, indicating the formation of nonlinear X wave at third harmonic.

Original languageEnglish
Article number011111
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume92
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

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