• DocumentCode
    1103147
  • Title

    Theory of electrooptic shock radiation in nonlinear optical media

  • Author

    Kleinman, David A. ; Auston, David H.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Lab., Inc., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    8/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    964
  • Lastpage
    970
  • Abstract
    A general theory is presented for electrooptic shock (Cerenkov) radiation in transparent crystals having a linear electrooptic effect. Significant amounts of shock radiation require subpicosecond pulses of suitably focused laser radiation to produce a moving pulse of polarization in the medium. The theory obtains expressions for the radiated electric field, power spectrum, and total energy. Both 2D and 3D geometries are discussed as well as the proper focusing conditions. Numerical examples are given based on the nonlinear material LiTaO3.
  • Keywords
    Cerenkov radiation; Electrooptic materials/devices; Laser radiation effects; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Crystals; Electric shock; Electrooptic effects; Free electron lasers; Geometrical optics; Laser theory; Lasers and electrooptics; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1984.1072489
  • Filename
    1072489
    • Link To Document
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