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Spatio-temporal characterization of self-formed hollow light pulses in the pump depletion regime of second harmonic generation

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Depletion of the pump pulse in second harmonic generation (SHG) and its back-regeneration from the second harmonic pulse is a well known process in nonlinear optics. Nevertheless how the pump pulse reshapes as a three-dimensional object in space and time has never been investigated. In this work we apply a three-dimensional mapping technique to record this transformation and we experimentally show the formation of a hollow as well as more complex layered spatio-temporal structures of the fundamental pump pulse in different regimes. The results are compared with numerical simulations.

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  1. Department of Quantum Electronics, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Ave. 9, bldg. 3, LT10222, Vilnius, Lithuania

    D. Majus & G. Tamošauskas

  2. CNISM and Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como, Italy

    O. Jedrkiewicz, M. Molteni & P. Di Trapani

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, 20133, Italy

    P. Ragazzi

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Majus, D., Jedrkiewicz, O., Molteni, M. et al. Spatio-temporal characterization of self-formed hollow light pulses in the pump depletion regime of second harmonic generation. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 199, 77–87 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2011-01504-2

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