• DocumentCode
    3023191
  • Title

    Self-Phase-Modulation of Optical Beams- The Formative Years

  • Author

    Gustafson, T.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of CA, Berkeley
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    An overview will be presented covering early initial observations and interpretation of self-phase modulation in self-trapped filaments of light and mode-locked laser pulses, the subsequent evolution of the basic concepts, and various applications.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; self-phase modulation; mode-locked laser pulse; optical beam self-phase-modulation; self-trapped filaments; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453558
  • Filename
    4453558