Infrared extension of the supercontinuum generated by femtosecond terawatt laser pulses propagating in the atmosphere
- 15 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 25 (18), 1397-1399
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.25.001397
Abstract
We investigated the spectral behavior of a white-light continuum generated in air by 2-TW femtosecond laser pulses at 800 nm. The spectrum extends at least from 300 nm to . From 1 to the continuum’s intensity increases strongly with the laser energy and depends on the initial chirp.
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