Experiments on fs laser-induced transient grating （LITG） in carbon bisulfide （CS2） are carried out to explore the chirp characteristics of a white-light supercontinuum （SC） generated by a 800-nm, 160-fs laser pu...Experiments on fs laser-induced transient grating （LITG） in carbon bisulfide （CS2） are carried out to explore the chirp characteristics of a white-light supercontinuum （SC） generated by a 800-nm, 160-fs laser pulse in a 4-mm thick Al2O3 crystal. Two orders of diffraction signals of SC by fs LITG in CS2 are observed, demonstrating that both the third-order process and the fifth-order process are present simultaneously. The experimental results also imply that the formation of an fs transient refractive-index grating in CS2 is mainly due to the electronic polarization process.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20973050 and 10904023)
文摘Experiments on fs laser-induced transient grating （LITG） in carbon bisulfide （CS2） are carried out to explore the chirp characteristics of a white-light supercontinuum （SC） generated by a 800-nm, 160-fs laser pulse in a 4-mm thick Al2O3 crystal. Two orders of diffraction signals of SC by fs LITG in CS2 are observed, demonstrating that both the third-order process and the fifth-order process are present simultaneously. The experimental results also imply that the formation of an fs transient refractive-index grating in CS2 is mainly due to the electronic polarization process.
