EPJ Web of Conferences (Mar 2013)

Mid-Infrared femtosecond filament and three octaves continuum generation in gases

  • Bejot P.,
  • Zheltikov A.,
  • Petrarca M.,
  • Voronin A.,
  • Pugžlis A.,
  • Kartashov D.,
  • Ališauskas S.,
  • Kasparian J.,
  • Baltuška A.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134110003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41
p. 10003

Abstract

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We report experimental and theoretical results on mid-infrared femtosecond pulse filamentation in different gases. Highly efficient generation of a three-octave-wide spectral continuum in argon, covering the main atmospheric transparency windows, is demonstrated and explained.