Direct Observation of the Orientational Kerr Effect in the Self-Focusing of Picosecond Pulses
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- 26 June 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 28 (26) , 1697-1700
Abstract
Direct measurements of the relaxation time of the birefringence within the self-focusing region of mode-locked laser pulses in several anisotropic liquids establish the importance of the orientational Kerr effect in the picosecond time regime. This result leads to some speculation as to the origin of the high degree of symmetry in the phase-modulated filament spectra observed with picosecond pulses.Keywords
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