Abstract
We investigate experimentally and numerically the temporal profiles of single-cycle pulses passing through a focus. Both experimental and numerical results show significant pulse shaping, time reversal, and superluminal propagation as a pulse evolves through the focus.
© 1999 Optical Society of America
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