Generation of phase-stable half-cycle mid-infrared pulses through filamentation in gases

Phase-stable half-cycle mid-infrared pulses were produced through filamentation in argon. The pulse width was obtained as 7.9 fs at 4.1 μm carrier wave length by using frequency-resolved optical gating.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Voronin Alexander A., Tsurumachi Noriaki, Shirai Hideto, Fuji Takao, Nomura Yutaka, Zheltikov Aleksei M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-03-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134111003