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Ultrafast Supercontinuum Generation in Transparent Solid-State Media

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Supercontinuum generation in transparent bulk media results from femtosecond filamentation, which involves a complex interplay among linear (diffraction and GVD) and nonlinear effects (self-focusing, self-phase modulation, pulse-front steepening, generation of optical shocks, multiphoton absorption/ionization, free-electron plasma generation, etc.), which become coupled in space and time.

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    Audrius Dubietis

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    Arnaud Couairon

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Dubietis, A., Couairon, A. (2019). General Practical Considerations. In: Ultrafast Supercontinuum Generation in Transparent Solid-State Media. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14995-6_4

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