Nonlinear Effects in Photonic Materials - Abstract

Steinmeyer, Günter

Filament self-compression of intense few-cycle pulses in noble gases

We discuss how the interplay of plasma-induced and Kerr-type nonlinearities can lead to filament formation together with pulse self-compression into the few-cycle regime. We show experimental data indicating the generation of 7.4-fs pulses without using additional means for dispersion compensation.