DocumentCode
2236993
Title
Negative nonlinear refraction of simple molecular liquids studied with a femtosecond laser pulse
Author
Chen, Chen-Wei ; Tang, Jaw-Luen ; Chung, Kuo-Hsiang ; Wei, Tai-Huei ; Huang, Tzer-Hsiang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Chung-Cheng Univ., Chia-Yi
fYear
2007
fDate
26-31 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We observed a negative lensing effect in transparent molecular liquids (methanol and acetic acid) with 28 femtosecond laser pulses. In this paper, we propose two possible mechanisms to explain why the sign is opposite to that observed with picosecond and nanosecond laser pulses.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; light refraction; nonlinear optics; organic compounds; refractive index; transparency; acetic acid; femtosecond laser pulse; methanol; molecular liquids; negative lensing effect; negative refraction; nonlinear refraction; time 28 fs; transparent liquids; Absorption; Apertures; Laser beams; Liquids; Methanol; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Resonance; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Seoul
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1174-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391091
Filename
4391091
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