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Anomalous infrared conical emission during ordered multifilamentation in gases

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We demonstrate that amplitude modulation of a high-peak-power femtosecond laser pulse allows to change fundamentally the frequency-angular structure (FAS) of the supercontinuum formed during the filamentation in both molecular and atomic gases. Particularly, modulation with a 4-hole mask forms an inverted pattern of conical emission (CE) with its predominance in the Stokes wing of the pulse spectrum. We explain this phenomenon as a joint effect of self-phase modulation and temporal pulse splitting of interfering beamlets formed by the modulating mask. Our results pave a way for tailoring the frequency-angular structure of a filament-generated supercontinuum.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.542075