Nonlinear optical transformation of the polarization state with holographic cut cubic crystals

Author

Kourtev, S. ; Canova, Lorenzo ; Minkovski, N. ; Jullien, A. ; Albert, O. ; Martens, R. Lopez ; Saltiel, S.M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Phys., Sofia Univ. St. Kl. Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate very efficient (~30%) nonlinear optical polarization switch between two linearly cross-polarized states with holographic cut BaF₂ crystal. The same cut can be used for nonlinear optical transformation of circularly polarized light.

Keywords

barium compounds; laser beams; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical polarisers; BaF₂; circularly polarized light; holographic cut cubic crystals; laser beam polarization state; linearly cross-polarized states; nonlinear optical polarization switch; nonlinear optical transformation; Crystals; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics; (190,7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225323