Femtosecond time-resolved optical polarigraphy: imaging of the propagationdynamics of intense light in a medium

Authors
Fujimoto, M Aoshima, S Hosoda, M Tsuchiya, Y
Citation
M. Fujimoto et al., Femtosecond time-resolved optical polarigraphy: imaging of the propagationdynamics of intense light in a medium, OPTICS LETT, 24(12), 1999, pp. 850-852
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
850 - 852
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990615)24:12<850:FTOPIO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A time-resolved imaging technique for visualizing ultrafast propagation dyn amics of intense light pulses in a medium has been demonstrated. The method probes the instantaneous birefringence induced by a pulse in the medium. T hrough consecutive femtosecond snapshot images of intense femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air, ultrafast temporal changes in the two-dimension al spatial distribution of the optical pulse intensity were clearly seen. ( C) 1999 Optical Society of America.