title: Self-compression to sub-3-cycle duration of mid-infrared optical pulses in dielectrics.
abstract: We present the first demonstration of sub-3 cycle optical pulses at 3.1 μm central wavelength generated through self-compression in the anomalous dispersion regime in a dielectric. The pulses emerging from this compact and efficient self-compression setup could be focused to intensities exceeding 10(14) W/cm(2), a suitable range for high field physics experiments. Numerical simulations performed with a 3D nonlinear propagation code, provide theoretical insight on the processes involved and support our experimental findings.
authors: Michaël
authors: M
authors: Hemmer
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Baudisch
authors: Alexandre
authors: A
authors: Thai
authors: Arnaud
authors: A
authors: Couairon
authors: Jens
authors: J
authors: Biegert