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Super-broadband continuum generation with transient self-focusing of a terawatt laser pulse in rare gases

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Hyper-continuum that continuously covers from the VUV to the IR spectral regions with a flat spectral shape has been generated in nonlinear propagation in rare gases. The spectral intensity was 1 GW/nm with a conversion efficiency of >50%. The spectral, spatial, and temporal characteristics have been studied.

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Nishioka, H., Ueda, KI. Super-broadband continuum generation with transient self-focusing of a terawatt laser pulse in rare gases. Appl Phys B 77, 171–175 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1173-z

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