Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2011-10-29
Physics
Optics
16 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
We report on the comparative experimental investigation on third and fifth harmonic generation (THG and FHG) in atomic and molecular gases driven by mid-infrared ultrafast laser pulses at a wavelength of ~1500 nm. We observe that the conversion efficiencies of both the THG and FHG processes saturate at similar peak intensities close to ~1.5\times1014 W/cm2 for argon, nitrogen, and air, whose ionization potentials are close to each other. Near the saturation intensity, the ratio of yields of the FHG and THG reaches ~10-1 for all the gases. Our results show that high-order Kerr effects do exist, whereas they are insufficient to balance the Kerr self-focusing without the assistance of plasma generation.
Cheng Ya
Chin See Leang
Chu Wei
Jing Chenrui
Li Guihua
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