Abstract

We show that optical-cycle steepening in a nonlinear dielectric before focusing results in an arbitrarily large enhancement of the focused intensity and energy density. The focusing of an optical shock produces singular intensity and energy density at the focal point.

© 2001 Optical Society of America

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