Self-phase modulation of an ultra-short laser pulse from laser breakdown plasma

Yongsheng Zhang; Lixin Yan; Guoxin Zheng; Lijun Wang; Jingru Liu

doi:10.1117/12.725336

29 January 2007 Self-phase modulation of an ultra-short laser pulse from laser breakdown plasma

Yongsheng Zhang, Lixin Yan, Guoxin Zheng, Lijun Wang, Jingru Liu

Proceedings Volume 6279, 27th International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics; 62793V (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.725336
Event: 27th International congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, 2006, Xi'an, China

Abstract

The detailed dynamic of an atom in a laser field with strength comparable to the atomic electric field is rich in physics and potential applications. Laser-breakdown plasma-induced spectral shifting in supersonic rare gases jet has been investigated with a sub-picosecond KrF excimer laser focused to peak intensity in the region of 10¹⁵W/cm². A 1.4mm diameter gas jet target was used in the experiment to minimize the refraction of the laser beam and thus a well-defined focused region was obtained. The typical quasi-periodic spectral shifting structures for helium and argon have been measured at various gas densities. For gas densities below 1x10²⁰cm^-3,both spectral red-shift and blue-shift were observed, indicating the gas is partially ionized, in contrast to the predominantly blue shifted as the gas densities grows high and fully ionized. Compared to the other ultra-short pulse measurement methods, qualitative information about the pulse can be deduced by observing their spectrum after interacting with rare gas.

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Yongsheng Zhang, Lixin Yan, Guoxin Zheng, Lijun Wang, and Jingru Liu "Self-phase modulation of an ultra-short laser pulse from laser breakdown plasma", Proc. SPIE 6279, 27th International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, 62793V (29 January 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.725336

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