Nonlinear propagation effects on high-power optical-vortex pulses in anisotropic crystals

Author

Suzuki, Masato ; Toda, Yasunori ; Morita, Ryuji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Nonlinear propagation effects on high-power optical-vortex pulses in anisotropic crystals is reported. Nonlinear effects on optical-vortex pulse generation through the spin-orbit interaction and its propagation in an anisotropic crystal is investigated.The beam of the left-circularly-polarized optical vortex pulse is focused on one of the surfaces of a LiNbO₃ or rutile crystal (NC) by a convex lens L1. After propagating along the optic axis of the crystal, the beam is collimated by another convex lens L2.

Keywords

light propagation; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical pulse generation; optical vortices; spin-orbit interactions; LiNbO₃; anisotropic crystals; high-power optical-vortex pulse generation; light propagation; nonlinear propagation effects; spin-orbit interaction; Crystals; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical variables control; Optical vortices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942697

Filename

5942697