4D spatio-temporal electric field characterization of ultrashort light pulses undergoing filamentation

authored by

Lana Neoričić, Christoph Jusko, Sara Mikaelsson, Chen Guo, Miguel Miranda, Shiyang Zhong, Felix Garmirian, Balazs Major, Jeffrey M. Brown, Mette B. Gaarde, Arnaud Couairon, Uwe Morgner, Milutin Kovačev, Cord L. Arnold

Abstract

We present an experimental method capable of capturing the complete spatiotemporal dynamics of filamenting ultrashort laser pulses. By employing spatially resolved Fourier transform spectrometry in combination with the capability to terminate the filament at any length, we can follow the nonlinear dynamics in four dimensions, i.e. the transverse domain, time and filament length. Our method thus not only enables the full characterization of the filamentation process throughout its evolution, but also allows to identify and select laser pulses with desired parameters.

Organisation(s)

QuantumFrontiers
Institute of Quantum Optics
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines

External Organisation(s)

Lund University
École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées (ENSTA ParisTech)
ELI-HU Nonprofit Kft.
École Polytechnique
Louisiana State University

Type

Article

Journal

Optics express

Volume

30

Pages

27938-27950

No. of pages

13

ISSN

1094-4087

Publication date

18.07.2022

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.461388 (Access: Open)