Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally 400 times enhancement of SPM spectral broadening in bulk crystal by self-focusing nonlinearity that responds only to the time-averaged intensity. The slow nonlinearity enhances and stabilizes the broadening by suppressing the diffraction.
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