Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences, and Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, ^*Also with University of Ostrava, Physics Department, Bráfova 7, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Femtosecond Pulse Propagation in Argon -
A Pressure Dependence Study

M. Mlejnek^*, E.M. Wright, and J.V. Moloney

• Introduction
• Theoretical Model
  • Model Equations
  • Focusing geometry and material parameters
  • Pressure Dependent Regimes
• Numerical Simulations
  • High Pressure Regime
  • Low Pressure Regime
  • Transition Region - Supercontinuum Generation
  • Blue-side Superbroadening of the Pulse Spectrum
• Summary and Conclusions
• Acknowledgement
• References
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