By ‘‘seeing" the green two-photon luminescence, two separate focusing points are observed on the propagation axis of a converging femtosecond laser beam in a ZnO single crystal rod. It is found that the selffoc...By ‘‘seeing" the green two-photon luminescence, two separate focusing points are observed on the propagation axis of a converging femtosecond laser beam in a ZnO single crystal rod. It is found that the selffocusing effect makes a significant contribution to the formation of the first focusing point, while the second focusing point is caused by self-refocusing. The position of the first focusing point is in good agreement with the value predicted by a model developed by Chin and his co-workers. These experimental findings could be the unprecedented evidence for the self-focusing and refocusing effect of the femtosecond laser filament propagation in nonlinear media.展开更多
基金financially supported by Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Council (JCYJ20170818141709893)National Natural Science Foundation of China (11374247)Hong Kong RGC-GRF Grant (HKU 705812P)
文摘By ‘‘seeing" the green two-photon luminescence, two separate focusing points are observed on the propagation axis of a converging femtosecond laser beam in a ZnO single crystal rod. It is found that the selffocusing effect makes a significant contribution to the formation of the first focusing point, while the second focusing point is caused by self-refocusing. The position of the first focusing point is in good agreement with the value predicted by a model developed by Chin and his co-workers. These experimental findings could be the unprecedented evidence for the self-focusing and refocusing effect of the femtosecond laser filament propagation in nonlinear media.
