title: Temporal contrast enhancement of femtosecond pulses by a self-diffraction process in a bulk Kerr medium.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Ultrafast Laser Research Center, University of Electro-Communications, Chofugaoka 1-5-1, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585 Japan. jliu@ils.uec.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kida
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi