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Temporal self-action and compression of intense ultrashort laser pulses in hollow photonic-crystal waveguides

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Hollow-core waveguides with a periodic (photonic-crystal) cladding are shown to allow efficient temporal compression of high-intensity ultrashort laser pulses and formation of megawatt soliton-like features in the regime of robust isolated guided modes. We numerically analyze the temporal envelope evolution and spectral transformation of the light field in air-guided modes of gas-filled hollow coaxial periodic Bragg waveguides. Based on this analysis, we define optimal compression regimes, permitting high compression ratios (of about six) and high compression efficiencies (up to 73%) to be achieved for microjoule laser pulses with an initial pulse length of 80–400 fs.

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  1. Physics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    A. D. Bessonov, E. E. Serebryannikov & A. M. Zheltikov

  2. International Laser Center, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    A. D. Bessonov, E. E. Serebryannikov & A. M. Zheltikov

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 128, No. 1, 2005, pp. 5–16.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Bessonov, Serebryannikov, Zheltikov.

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Bessonov, A.D., Serebryannikov, E.E. & Zheltikov, A.M. Temporal self-action and compression of intense ultrashort laser pulses in hollow photonic-crystal waveguides. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 101, 1–10 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2010656

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