Femtosecond Light Wave Packets |
| C. Radzewicz Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland M. Trippenbach, Y.B. Band Department of Chemistry and Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel and J.S. Krasinski Center for Laser and Photonics Research, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA |
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| We analyze propagation of ultra short light pulses in a transparent, dispersive, nonlinear medium. A general formula for femtosecond wave packet evolution is developed and applied to specific problems. Theoretical and experimental results for wave packet distortion by lenses, wave packet rotation in birefringent media and group velocity matching in sum frequency generation are presented. Numerical results for splitting of femtosecond wave packets in dispersive Kerr media are also presented. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.93.237 PACS numbers: 42.65.Jx, 42.65.Re |