Abstract
A novel method of compressing laser pulses to femtosecond duration using tenuous plasma as the nonlinear medium for parametric conversion of the energy of a long higher-frequency laser beam into the energy of a short low-frequency laser pulse is presented. This approach uses the free-electron plasma as a nonlinear medium for parametric conversion of the energy of a long laser pump into a much shorter counter-propagating seed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 292-293 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
Volume | 1 |
State | Published - 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering