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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 2 — Jan. 16, 2012
  • pp: 1662–1667

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Third and fifth harmonic generation by tightly focused femtosecond pulses at 2.2 μm wavelength in air

Gombojav O. Ariunbold, Pavel Polynkin, and Jerome V. Moloney  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 1662-1667 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.001662


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Abstract

We report experiments on the generation of third and fifth harmonics of millijoule-level, tightly focused, femtosecond laser pulses at 2.2 μm wavelength in air. The measured ratio of yields of the third and fifth harmonics in our setup is found equal to 2 · 10−4. This result contradicts the recent suggestion that the Kerr effect in air saturates and changes sign in ultra-intense optical fields.

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OCIS Codes
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(190.3270) Nonlinear optics : Kerr effect
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: October 12, 2011
Revised Manuscript: November 30, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: November 30, 2011
Published: January 11, 2012

Citation
Gombojav O. Ariunbold, Pavel Polynkin, and Jerome V. Moloney, "Third and fifth harmonic generation by tightly focused femtosecond pulses at 2.2 μm wavelength in air," Opt. Express 20, 1662-1667 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-2-1662


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