Femtosecond white-light continuum pulses
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 8 (1), 1-3
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.8.000001
Abstract
We obtain gigawatt white-light continuum pulses that permit spectroscopic measurements with a time resolution of 80 fsec. These pulses extend continuously from 0.19 to 1.6 μm and have time sweeps as small as 10 fsec/1000 Å. We find temporal, spatial, and spectral properties that are consistent with self-phase modulation having a prominent role in generation of the continuum.Keywords
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