Spatiotemporal dynamics of cross-polarized wave generation

We use Spatially and Spectrally Resolved Interferometry (SSRI) to investigate cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation. We find that the XPW pulse is √3 smaller than the input in the spatiotemporal domain regardless of input chirp.

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