• DocumentCode
    1668242
  • Title

    Intuitive analysis of space-time focusing with double-ABCD calculation

  • Author

    Durfee, Charles ; Greco, Michael ; Block, Erica ; Vitek, Dawn ; Squier, Jeff A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analyze the structure of space-time focusing of spatially-chirped pulses using a technique where each frequency component of the beam follows its own Gaussian beamlet that in turn travels as a ray through the system.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; laser beams; optical self-focusing; Gaussian beamlet; beam follows; double-ABCD calculation; frequency component; intuitive analysis; space-time focusing; spatially-chirped pulses; Chirp; Focusing; Microscopy; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326213