title: Absorption of ultrashort optical pulses in water.
abstract: We investigate the linear propagation of 800 and 1530 nm ultrashort optical pulses in water. For all pulse repetition rates studied, we observe pure exponential decay down to a transmission of 2.5 x 10(-5). We further demonstrate that previous observations of nonmonoexponential decay and pulse splitup in broadband pulses are consistent with Beer's law in the purely linear regime.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. yo22@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Yoshitomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okawachi
authors.forename: Aaron D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Slepkov
authors.forename: Imad H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Agha
authors.forename: David F
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authors.lastname: Geraghty
authors.forename: Alexander L
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authors.lastname: Gaeta