Spectral modulation and supercontinuum generation assisted by infrared femtosecond plasma grating

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/7/075204

Abstract Spectral modulation and supercontinuum generation of a probe pulse is investigated by using the plasma grating induced by the interference of two infrared femtosecond laser pulses. The dependences of the supercontinuum generation from the probe pulse on the time delay, the relative polarization angle between the probe pulse and the two-pump pulses, and the input probe pulse energy are investigated. The far-field spatial profiles of the three pulses are measured with different time delays and relative polarization angle, and the core energy of the probe pulse as functions of the time delay and relative polarization angle are also shown.

Keywords: plasma grating supercontinuum generation redistribution of refractive index

Received: 22 November 2012
Revised: 16 January 2013
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PACS:	52.38.Hb	(Self-focussing, channeling, and filamentation in plasmas)
	42.65.Re	(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)
	42.65.Jx	(Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11135002, 11075069, 91026021, and 11075068) and the Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student of Ministry of Education, China.

Corresponding Authors: Hu Bi-Tao
E-mail: hubt@lzu.edu.cn

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Liu Zuo-Ye (刘作业), Sun Shao-Hua (孙少华), Shi Yan-Chao (史彦超), Ding Peng-Ji (丁鹏基), Liu Qing-Cao (刘情操), Liu Xiao-Liang (刘小亮), Ding Bao-Wei (丁宝卫), Hu Bi-Tao (胡碧涛) Spectral modulation and supercontinuum generation assisted by infrared femtosecond plasma grating 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 075204

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