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Control of supercontinuum generation with polarization of incident laser pulses

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Supercontinuum generation is dependent on the polarization state of the incident laser. The polarization of the generated supercontinuum is the same as that of the incident laser. The magnitude of the generated supercontinuum depends on the polarization of the incident laser and increases as the polarization changes from circular to linear, irrespective of the nature of the sample, be it isotropic, anisotropic, or chiral. In all samples, the polarization dependence indicates a preference for the linear component of the incident laser beam. The anisotropic sample shows an additional difference in the generated supercontinuum for the two perpendicular directions of the incident laser polarization.

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Srivastava, A., Goswami, D. Control of supercontinuum generation with polarization of incident laser pulses. Appl Phys B 77, 325–328 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1243-2

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