Title :
Compensation of self-focusing using the cascade quadratic nonlinearity
Author :
Beckwitt, Kale ; Wise, Frank W. ; Qian, Liejia ; Walker, Larry A., II ; Canto-Said, Edesly
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally the compensation of positive Kerr phase shifts with negative phases generated by cascade quadratic processes. Experiments show correction of small-scale and whole-beam self-focusing, and self-phase modulation
Keywords :
compensation; laser beams; optical Kerr effect; self-phase modulation; B-integral compensation; bulk fused silica; cascade quadratic nonlinearity; femtosecond pulses; negative phases; nonlinear phase shifts; numerical simulation; pass-by-pass compensation; positive Kerr phase shifts; self-focusing compensation; self-phase modulation; small-scale self-focusing; third-order nonlinear medium; whole-beam self-focusing; High power amplifiers; Intensity modulation; Numerical simulation; Optical amplifiers; Optical materials; Pulse amplifiers; Refractive index; Scanning probe microscopy; Semiconductor materials; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.968861
