WIAS Preprint No. 1453, (2009)
Plasma induced pulse breaking in filamentary self-compression
Authors
- Brée, Carsten
- Demircan, Ayhan
- Skupin, Stefan
- Bergé, Luc
- Steinmeyer, Günter
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification
- 78A60 81V80 35Q55 37K40
2008 Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme
- 42.65.Tg 42.65.-k 52.38.Hb 42.68.Ay
Keywords
- Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations, Optical self-focusing, Ultrashort pulse propagation
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Abstract
A plasma induced temporal break-up in filamentary propagation has recently been identified as one of the key events in the temporal self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses. An analysis of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation coupled to a noninstantaneous plasma response yields a set of stationary states. This analysis clearly indicates that the emergence of double-hump, characteristically asymmetric temporal on-axis intensity profiles in regimes where plasma defocusing saturates the optical collapse caused by Kerr self-focusing is an inherent property of the underlying dynamical model.
Appeared in
- Laser Physics, 20 (2010) pp. 1107--1113.
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