• DocumentCode
    327553
  • Title

    High optical gain in iron doped lithium niobate by contradirectional two beam coupling

  • Author

    Finnan, Craig J. ; Cook, Gary ; Jones, David ; Han, T.P.J. ; Gallagher, H.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    10-14 Aug 1998
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    Two beam coupling is the process whereby two beams of light at similar frequencies are coupled together resulting in energy transfer from one beam to the other. The mechanism responsible for the coupling is a diffraction grating written within a photorefractive crystal
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; iron; lithium compounds; multiwave mixing; photorefractive materials; LiNbO:Fe; LiNbO3:Fe; contradirectional two beam coupling; diffraction grating; energy transfer; high optical gain; iron doped lithium niobate; photorefractive crystal; Diffraction gratings; Gain measurement; Iron; Laser excitation; Lithium niobate; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Photorefractive materials; Physics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
  • Conference_Location
    Kauai, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4950-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NLO.1998.710176
  • Filename
    710176