Observation of precursorlike behavior of femtosecond pulses in a dye with a strong absorption band uri icon

abstract

  • Recent interest in Sommerfeld-Brillouin optical precursors has brought attention to the possibility of optical precursor observation in bulk matter. We investigate the possible formation of optical precursors in an organic dye solution with a sharp absorption band and anomalous dispersion at a wavelength of approximately 800 nm. We explore this regime experimentally with sub-10-fs pulses with a central wavelength of approximately 800 nm from a Ti:sapphire oscillator. The pulses are passed through a thin layer of the dye solution and characterized by interferometric autocorrelation. The obtained autocorrelation traces are compared with simulations, and we observe important dispersion effects on the shape of the propagated pulses, including precursorlike behavior in their time evolution. 2011 American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

  • Springer, M. M., Yang, W., Kolomenski, A. A., Schuessler, H. A., Strohaber, J., Kattawar, G. W., & Sokolov, A. V.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Springer, Matthew M||Yang, Wenlong||Kolomenski, Alexandre A||Schuessler, Hans A||Strohaber, James||Kattawar, George W||Sokolov, Alexei V

publication date

  • April 2011