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. 2007 Jun;75(6 Pt 2):066603.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.066603. Epub 2007 Jun 7.

Optical carrier wave shocking: detection and dispersion

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Optical carrier wave shocking: detection and dispersion

P Kinsler et al. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

Carrier wave shocking is studied using the pseudospectral spatial-domain (PSSD) technique. We describe the shock detection diagnostics necessary for this numerical study and verify them against theoretical shocking predictions for the dispersionless case. These predictions show a carrier envelope phase and pulse bandwidth sensitivity in the single-cycle regime. The flexible dispersion management offered by the PSSD enables us to independently control the linear and nonlinear dispersion. Customized dispersion profiles allow us to analyze the development of both carrier self-steepening and shocks. The results exhibit a marked asymmetry between normal and anomalous dispersion, both in the limits of the shocking regime and in the (near) shocked pulse wave forms. Combining these insights, we offer some suggestions on how carrier shocking (or at least extreme self-steepening) might be realized experimentally.

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