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F Lindner1, G G Paulus, H Walther
1Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
We measured for the first time the influence of the Gouy effect on focused few-cycle laser pulses. The carrier-envelope phase is shown to undergo a smooth variation over a few Rayleigh distances. This result is of critical importance for any application of ultrashort laser pulses, including high-harmonic and attosecond pulse generation, as well as phase-dependent effects.
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