00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.877692 CaOODSP 20240219183512 m o d f cr cn||||||||| 190809t20112011quca ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- D68-4/416-2011E-PDF Théberge, François, author. White-light burst generated during the filamentation of a terawatt laser beam / F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, P. Mathieu, DRDC Valcartier. Quebec (Quebec) : Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier, 2011. ©2011 1 online resource (viii, 28 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some colour). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Technical report ; DRDC Valcartier TR 2010-416 "June 2011." Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25). "Defence Research & Development Canada-Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier) initiated many projects on femtosecond laser based counter-measure applications. One of the main properties of high peak power femtosecond laser pulses is their transformation into a white-light supercontinuum, which can be exploited for dazzle (and possibly damage) countermeasure purposes. Contrary to normal dazzle generated using a narrow-spectrum laser source, the white-light surpercontinuum from femtosecond laser pulses spans continuously from the ultraviolet up to the infrared. Such broadband white-light lasers are virtually impossible to block because they do not rely on a single wavelength to achieve the effect. This report presents the characterization of the white-light laser burst produced during the propagation in air of a femtosecond-Terawatt laser. The supercontinuum was generated from 200 nm in the ultraviolet up to 13.6 µm in the far infrared, which led to the first worldwide demonstration of such a broadband laser source"--Abstract, page i. Includes abstracts in English and French. Châteauneuf, Marc, author. Dubois, J., author. Mathieu, Pierre, 1953- author. Defence R&D Canada. Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier. Technical report (Defence R&D Canada) DRDC Valcartier TR 2010-416. (CaOODSP)9.820558 PDF 1.43 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/rddc-drdc/D68-4-416-2011-eng.pdf