EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2019)

Multi-mJ mid-IR light bullets in air

  • Shumakova Valentina,
  • Ališauskas Skirmantas,
  • Baltuška Andrius,
  • Malevich Pavel,
  • Voronin Alexander,
  • Mitrofanov Alexander,
  • Sidorov-Biryukov Dmitriy,
  • Zheltikov Aleksey,
  • Kartashov Daniil,
  • Pugžlys Audrius

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920501004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 205
p. 01004

Abstract

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We examine mid-IR light bullets generated in ambient air. 2-optical cycle pulses confined in space are generated in filamentation regime. Few-fold solitonic self-compression is achieved for strongly chirped mid-IR pulses.