Spatio-temporal reshaping and X Wave dynamics in optical filaments

D. Faccio; A. Averchi; A. Couairon; M. Kolesik; J. V. Moloney; A. Dubietis; G. Tamosauskas; P. Polesana; A. Piskarskas; P. Di Trapani

doi:10.1364/OE.15.013077

Spatio-temporal reshaping and X Wave dynamics in optical filaments

D. Faccio, A. Averchi, A. Couairon, M. Kolesik, J. V. Moloney, A. Dubietis, G. Tamosauskas, P. Polesana, A. Piskarskas, P. Di Trapani

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We investigate ultrashort laser pulse filamentation within the framework of spontaneous X Wave formation. After a brief overview of the filamentation process we study the case of an intense filament co-propagating with a weaker seed pulse. The filament is shown to induce strong Cross-Phase-Modulation (XPM) effects on the weak seed pulse: driven by the pump, the seed pulse undergoes pulse splitting with the daughter pulses slaved to their pump counterparts. They undergo strong spatio-temporal reshaping and are transformed into X Waves traveling at the same group velocities as the pump split-off pulses. In the presence of a gain mechanism such as Four-Wave-Mixing or Stimulated Raman Scattering, energy is then transferred from the pump filament leading to amplification of the seed X Wave and formation of a temporally compressed intensity peak.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13077-13095
Number of pages	19
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	15
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.013077
State	Published - Oct 1 2007

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