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Ultrashort Pulse Laser Filamentation Electrical And Optical Diagnostic Comparison, James E. Wymer
Ultrashort Pulse Laser Filamentation Electrical And Optical Diagnostic Comparison, James E. Wymer
Optical Science and Engineering ETDs
Results presented here examine the effect of changing gas pressure on the radio frequency (RF) emissions of an ultrashort pulse laser filament plasma and how those emissions vary longitudinally in the laser focal region. We use a WR284 rectangular waveguide with a 1.5 cm hole that allows the beam through. A 3.2 GHz microwave signal is emitted in the waveguide, and signals are received through a waveguide-to-coax antenna connected to an HP8470B Schottky diode. By enabling and disabling the 3.2 GHz signal, we measure both the self-emitted RF from a USPL filament and subsequently the degree of attenuation a filament …
Femtosecond Pulse Compression Via Self-Phase Modulation In 1-Decanol, Jacob A. Stephen
Femtosecond Pulse Compression Via Self-Phase Modulation In 1-Decanol, Jacob A. Stephen
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Ultrafast science is a branch of photonics with far reaching applications in and outside the realm of physics. Ultrashort laser pulses on the order of femtoseconds (1 fs = 1 × 10−15 s) are widely used for ultrafast science. Many lasers can produce pulses on the order of 100 fs, with state of the art, high end lasers being capable of producing pulses around 30 fs. However, many experiments require pulses around 10 fs or shorter. Femtosecond pulses are typically generated using spectral broadening via self-phase modulation, followed by dispersion compensation. The most common spectral broadening technique exploits the nonlinear …