Investigating nonlinear femtosecond pulse propagation with frequency-resolved optical gating

Author

Eaton, Hilary K. ; Clement, Tracy S. ; Zozulya, Alex A. ; Diddams, Scott A.

Author_Institution

Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophys., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

35

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

451

Lastpage

458

Abstract

Frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) is used to investigate nonlinear pulse propagation in normally dispersive media. We present high-dynamic-range measurements of broad-bandwidth femtosecond pulses that result from nonlinear propagation in fused silica and compare these measurements with a (3+1)-dimensional modified nonlinear Schrodinger equation. We also demonstrate the ability of FROG to provide information about a noninstantaneous nonlinearity in methanol. In this case, the instantaneous nonlinear index and the time response of the noninstantaneous nonlinearity are used as fit parameters in a (1+1)-dimensional model

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; dispersive media; high-speed optical techniques; optical dispersion; refractive index; (1+1)-dimensional model; (3+1)-dimensional modified nonlinear Schrodinger equation; FROG; broad-bandwidth femtosecond pulses; frequency-resolved optical gating; fused silica; high-dynamic-range measurements; instantaneous nonlinear index; methanol; noninstantaneous nonlinearity; nonlinear femtosecond pulse propagation; nonlinear propagation; nonlinear pulse propagation; normally dispersive media; Dispersion; Frequency; Methanol; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Schrodinger equation; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.753650

Filename

753650