Ionization-induced effects in the soliton dynamics of high-peak-power femtosecond pulses in hollow photonic-crystal fibers

doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.013820

Title: Ionization-induced effects in the soliton dynamics of high-peak-power femtosecond pulses in hollow photonic-crystal fibers

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Ionization phenomena are shown to modify the soliton propagation dynamics of high-peak-power laser pulses in hollow-core photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs). Based on the numerical solution of the pulse-evolution equation for a high-peak-power laser field in an ionizing gas medium in a hollow PCF, we demonstrate that hollow PCFs filled with gases having high ionization potentials I{sub p} can support soliton transmission regimes for gigawatt femtosecond laser pulses. In hollow PCFs filled with low-I{sub p} gases, on the other hand, the ionization-induced change in the refractive index of the gas leads to a blueshifting of soliton transients, pushing their spectrum beyond the point of zero group-velocity dispersion, thus preventing the formation of stable high-peak-power solitons.

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Serebryannikov, E E; Zheltikov, A M ^[1]

Physics Department, International Laser Center, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow 119992 (Russian Federation)

Publication Date:: 2007-07-15

OSTI Identifier:: 21011316

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review. A

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 76; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.013820; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; BEAMS; CRYSTALS; DISPERSIONS; EQUATIONS; EVOLUTION; FIBERS; GASES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; LASER RADIATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PULSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLITONS; SPECTRA; TRANSIENTS; TRANSMISSION

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                    Serebryannikov, E E, and Zheltikov, A M. Ionization-induced effects in the soliton dynamics of high-peak-power femtosecond pulses in hollow photonic-crystal fibers.  United States: N. p., 2007. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.013820.

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                    Serebryannikov, E E, & Zheltikov, A M. Ionization-induced effects in the soliton dynamics of high-peak-power femtosecond pulses in hollow photonic-crystal fibers.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.013820

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                    Serebryannikov, E E, and Zheltikov, A M. Sun .  
        "Ionization-induced effects in the soliton dynamics of high-peak-power femtosecond pulses in hollow photonic-crystal fibers".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.013820.

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@article{osti_21011316,

  title        = {Ionization-induced effects in the soliton dynamics of high-peak-power femtosecond pulses in hollow photonic-crystal fibers},

  author       = {Serebryannikov, E E and Zheltikov, A M},

  abstractNote = {Ionization phenomena are shown to modify the soliton propagation dynamics of high-peak-power laser pulses in hollow-core photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs). Based on the numerical solution of the pulse-evolution equation for a high-peak-power laser field in an ionizing gas medium in a hollow PCF, we demonstrate that hollow PCFs filled with gases having high ionization potentials I{sub p} can support soliton transmission regimes for gigawatt femtosecond laser pulses. In hollow PCFs filled with low-I{sub p} gases, on the other hand, the ionization-induced change in the refractive index of the gas leads to a blueshifting of soliton transients, pushing their spectrum beyond the point of zero group-velocity dispersion, thus preventing the formation of stable high-peak-power solitons.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.013820},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21011316},
  journal      = {Physical Review. A},

  issn         = {1050-2947},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 76,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2007},

  month        = {7}

}

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