Femtosecond time-resolved optical polarigraphy: imaging of the propagation dynamics of intense light in a medium

A time-resolved imaging technique for visualizing ultrafast propagation dynamics of intense light pulses in a medium has been demonstrated. The method probes the instantaneous birefringence induced by a pulse in the medium. Through consecutive femtosecond snapshot images of intense femtosecond laser...

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Published inOptics letters Vol. 24; no. 12; p. 850
Main Authors Fujimoto, M, Aoshima, S, Hosoda, M, Tsuchiya, Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.06.1999
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Summary:A time-resolved imaging technique for visualizing ultrafast propagation dynamics of intense light pulses in a medium has been demonstrated. The method probes the instantaneous birefringence induced by a pulse in the medium. Through consecutive femtosecond snapshot images of intense femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air, ultrafast temporal changes in the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the optical pulse intensity were clearly seen.
ISSN:0146-9592
DOI:10.1364/ol.24.000850