Nonlinear propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in bulk transparent media leads
to a specific propagation regime, termed femtosecond filamentation, which in turn produces …

Enabling broad tunability, high peak and average power, ultrashort pulse duration, and all
known modes of laser operation-transition-metal (TM)-doped II-VI chalcogenides are the …

High-energy phase-stable sub-cycle mid-infrared pulses can provide unique opportunities to
explore phase-sensitive strong-field light–matter interactions in atoms, molecules and solids …

Supercontinuum generation in a solid-state medium was investigated experimentally. A
continuum covering 460 to 950 nm was obtained when 0.8 mJ/30 fs Ti: sapphire laser …

The generation of power-and wavelength-scalable few optical cycle pulses remains one of
the major challenges in modern laser physics. Over the past decade, the development of …

Transition-metal-doped II-VI semiconductors possess a unique blend of physical,
spectroscopic, optical, and technological parameters. These materials enable high power …

Laser-induced filamentation in the mid-infrared gives rise to unique regimes of nonlinear
wave dynamics and reveals in many ways unusual nonlinear-optical properties of materials …

We demonstrate efficient amplification of few-optical-cycle mid-IR pulses in single-pass
continuously pumped laser amplifiers based on polycrystalline Cr^ 2+: ZnS and Cr^ 2+ …

Single-cycle optical pulses with controllable carrier-envelope phase (CEP) form the basis to
manipulate the nonlinear polarization of matter on a sub-femtosecond time scale. Moreover …

Nonlinear propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in bulk transparent media
produces a wealth of physical effects, whose combined action leads to a specific …