Virt. J. Ultrafast Sci. / Volume 9 / Issue 8 / PHOTONICS

Mechanism of depolarization of white light generated by femtosecond laser pulse in water

Source: Opt. Express 18, 12581 (2010); doi:10.1364/OE.18.012581

Issue Date: August 2010

ABSTRACT

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PACS

42.65.Jx
Beam trapping, optical self-focusing and defocusing
42.65.Re
Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
78.47.J-
Ultrafast pump/probe spectroscopy (<1 ps) in condensed matter
82.53.-k
Femtochemistry
YEAR: 2010

PUBLICATION DATA

ISSN:

1553-9601 (online)

Publisher:

OSA

Jing Yu, Hongbing Jiang, Jing Wen, Hong Yang, and Qihuang Gong

Thepolarization state of the white light produced by a femtosecondlaser pulse through a water cell is investigated. The depolarizationof the white light was found to be induced bymagnification of the polarization perturbation in the incident light whichis caused by the focus lens. Cross-phase modulation (XPM) ofthe third order nonlinear polarization is proposed as the depolarizationmechanism. ©2010 Optical Society of America

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Mechanism of depolarization of white light generated by femtosecond laser pulse in water

Source: Opt. Express 18, 12581 (2010); doi:10.1364/OE.18.012581