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Optimization of a femtosecond pulse self-compression region along a filament in air

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We have identified the pulse self-compression region in a filament produced by 55 fs, 4 mJ, 805 nm radiation propagating in air without geometrical focusing. In our experiment the pulse self-compression region is attained by the propagation distance, where the shortest wavelength in the supercontinuum blue wing reaches a minimum, and the growing conversion efficiency to white light has a large gradient. Numerical tracking of the pulse along the filament shows a single-peak 9 fs pulse with a flat spectral phase at the optimum compression distance.

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  1. International Laser Center, Physics Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    O.G. Kosareva, N.A. Panov, D.S. Uryupina, M.V. Kurilova, A.V. Mazhorova, A.B. Savel’ev, R.V. Volkov & V.P. Kandidov

  2. FSUE “SPA Astrophysica”, 95, Volokolamskoe sh., Moscow, 125424, Russia

    N.A. Panov

  3. Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada

    S.L. Chin

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Kosareva, O., Panov, N., Uryupina, D. et al. Optimization of a femtosecond pulse self-compression region along a filament in air. Appl. Phys. B 91, 35–43 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-2959-9

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