The XII International Youth Scientific School "The Coherent Optics and Optical Spectroscopy"

On Generation of Spectral Supercontinuum in Uniaxial Nonlinear Crystals

A. N. Bugay

Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna

Abstract: The specifics of spectral supercontinuum generation in nonlinear medium with uniaxial anisotropy is examined. The principal mechanisms of spectral broadening of linearly polarized pulse are demonstrated under condition of different field orientation in relation to the optical axis. The possibility of semidiscrete spectrum generation is predicted on the extraordinary wave polarization.

Keywords: spectral supercontinuum, few cycle pulse, uniaxial anisotropy.

UDC: 535.012.21+530.182

Received: 20.01.2009