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Open AccessMap** anomalous dispersion of air with ultrashort mid-infrared pulses
We present experimental studies of long-distance transmission of ultrashort mid-infrared laser pulses through atmospheric air, probing air dispersion in the 3.6–4.2-μm wavelength range. Atmospheric air is stil...
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Conductivity and discharge guiding properties of mid-IR laser filaments
The electric properties of mid-IR filaments in air have been investigated in comparison with their more traditional near-IR counterparts. Although the number of ions left after the pulse is similar for both sp...
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Open AccessMulti-millijoule few-cycle mid-infrared pulses through nonlinear self-compression in bulk
The physics of strong-field applications requires driver laser pulses that are both energetic and extremely short. Whereas optical amplifiers, laser and parametric, boost the energy, their gain bandwidth restr...
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Open AccessMid-infrared laser filaments in the atmosphere
Filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses in the atmosphere offers unique opportunities for long-range transmission of high-power laser radiation and standoff detection. With the critical power of self-focusing...
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10-mJ optically synchronized CEP-stable chirped parametric amplifier at 1.5 μm
We demonstrate the generation of 10-mJ 1.5-μm few-cycle pulses from a 4-stage OPCPA system. The system is based on a fusion of femtosecond DPSS Yb technology and a picosecond Nd:YAG pump laser. In a first prel...
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Spectroscopy and lasing of cryogenically cooled Yb, Na:CaF2
Absorption, photoluminescence and cw-lasing properties of a novel Na+-codoped Yb3+:CaF2 laser crystal are investigated in the temperature range from 10 K to 290 K. Cryogenic cooling leads to the disappearance of ...
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Multimillijoule Optically Synchronized and Carrier-Envelope-Phase-Stable Chirped Parametric Amplification at 1.5 μm
Efficient infrared 35-THz-wide parametric amplification at 1.5 μm with the energy of ~10 mJ is obtained in a 4-stage OPCPA using a combination of a 1030-nm 200-fs Yb- and a 1064-nm 60-ps Nd amplifier seeded wi...
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3nj coefficients of u q(2) and multiple basic hypergeometric series
Triple-sum formulas for 9j coefficients and multiple-sum expressions [with five or four separate sums of the p+1 F p(1) or p+1 φ p type, p=2, 3, 4] for the 12j coefficients of both kinds (with or without braidi...