Observation of Optical Pulse Shaping by the Self-Focusing Effects

G. L. McAllister, J. H. Marburger, and L. G. DeShazer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 21, 1648 – Published 9 December 1968
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We report the observation of time distortion of intense laser pulses due to the self-focusing effect. The on-axis shape of pulses propagating in nitrobenzene was measured and compared with a computer solution of the nonlinear wave equation.

  • Received 14 November 1968

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.1648

©1968 American Physical Society

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G. L. McAllister, J. H. Marburger, and L. G. DeShazer

  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007

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Vol. 21, Iss. 24 — 9 December 1968

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