Generation of unipolar half-cycle pulses via unusual reflection of a single-cycle pulse from an optically thin metallic or dielectric layer

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Generation of unipolar half-cycle pulses via unusual reflection of a single-cycle pulse from an optically thin metallic or dielectric layer. / Arkhipov, M. V.; Arkhipov, R. M.; Pakhomov, A. V.; Babushkin, I. V.; Demircan, A.; Morgner, U.; Rosanov, N. N.

In: Optics Letters, Vol. 42, No. 11, 01.06.2017, p. 2189-2192.

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Arkhipov, M. V. ; Arkhipov, R. M. ; Pakhomov, A. V. ; Babushkin, I. V. ; Demircan, A. ; Morgner, U. ; Rosanov, N. N. / Generation of unipolar half-cycle pulses via unusual reflection of a single-cycle pulse from an optically thin metallic or dielectric layer. In: Optics Letters. 2017 ; Vol. 42, No. 11. pp. 2189-2192.

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title = "Generation of unipolar half-cycle pulses via unusual reflection of a single-cycle pulse from an optically thin metallic or dielectric layer",

abstract = "We propose a strikingly simple method to form approximately unipolar half-cycle optical pulses via reflection of a single-cycle optical pulse from a thin flat metallic or dielectric layer. Unipolar pulses in reflection arise due to specifics of one-dimensional pulse propagation. Namely, we show that the field emitted by the layer is proportional to the velocity of the oscillating charges in the medium, instead of their acceleration. Besides, the oscillation velocity of the charges can be forced to keep a constant sign throughout the pulse duration. That is, reflection of ultrashort pulses from broad-area layers with nanometer-scale thickness can be very different from the common reflection in the case of longer pulses and thicker layers. This suggests a possibility of unusual transformations of few-cycle light pulses in completely linear optical systems.",

author = "Arkhipov, {M. V.} and Arkhipov, {R. M.} and Pakhomov, {A. V.} and Babushkin, {I. V.} and A. Demircan and U. Morgner and Rosanov, {N. N.}",

note = "Funding Information: Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (16-02-00762); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (projects BA 4156/4-1, MO 850/20-1); Nieders. Vorab (project ZN3061). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Optical Society of America. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",

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