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A mechanism of the ionization-induced self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses propagating in a gas-filled hollow dielectric capillary has been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. In particular, the double self-compression of a laser pulse from 76 to 40 fs has been experimentally demonstrated. A theoretical model that explains the mechanism of such a self-compression and provides a good agreement with the experimental data has been developed. The model also predicts that a laser pulse shorter than 10 fs can be generated in the optimal regime with an energy efficiency exceeding the efficiency of self-compression on a filament widely discussed at present.
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Original Russian Text © S.A. Skobelev, D.I. Kulagin, A.N. Stepanov, A.V. Kim, A.M. Sergeev, N.E. Andreev, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 89, No. 11, pp. 641–648.
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Skobelev, S.A., Kulagin, D.I., Stepanov, A.N. et al. Ionization self-compression of intense femtosecond pulses propagating through gas-filled dielectric capillaries. Jetp Lett. 89, 540–546 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364009110046
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