Dynamics of short intense pulse propagation in dispersive media

Yehuda B. Band; Marek Trippenbach

doi:10.1117/12.311909

24 June 1998 Dynamics of short intense pulse propagation in dispersive media

Yehuda B. Band, Marek Trippenbach

Proceedings Volume 3264, High-Power Lasers; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.311909
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We develop a method to precisely propagate short optical pulses through dispersive media with a cubic self-focusing nonlinear polarization. We show that above the critical cw self-focusing power, onset of pulse splitting into pulselets separated in time occurs, and for a certain regime of parameters a cyclic series of pulse splitting (into pulselets separated in time) and pulse recombination occurs for diffraction length smaller than dispersion length. At higher power, another threshold for non-cyclic temporal and spatial pulse splitting is manifest. The physics of these phenomena are described and delineated. We then incorporate self-steepening and self-frequency shifting. These effects can significantly affect pulse propagation dynamics, both in the normal but especially in the anomalous dispersion regimes. The nature of the dynamics is significantly different in the two regimes.

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Yehuda B. Band and Marek Trippenbach "Dynamics of short intense pulse propagation in dispersive media", Proc. SPIE 3264, High-Power Lasers, (24 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.311909

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