Choi Seung-Ho, Osterberg Ulf
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-8000, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2004 May 14;92(19):193903. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.193903.
We observe the formation of optical precursors while propagating 540 fs pulses through 700 mm of deionized water. The launched pulses were strongly chirped to give them a bandwidth of approximately 60 nm to more readily excite the precursors. The precursors attenuated nonexponentially with distance.