Infrared extension of the super continuum generated by femtosecond terawatt laser pulses propagating in the atmosphere

Opt Lett. 2000 Sep 15;25(18):1397-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.25.001397.

Abstract

We investigated the spectral behavior of a white-light continuum generated in air by 2-TW femtosecond laser pulses at 800 nm. The spectrum extends at least from 300 nm to 4.5 mum. From 1 to 1.6 mum the continuum's intensity increases strongly with the laser energy and depends on the initial chirp.