Title :
Distinguishing instantaneous from rotational Kerr response in air using supercontinuum spectral interferometry
Author :
Wahlstrand, J.K. ; Cheng, Y.-H. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We measure the polarization dependence of the Kerr effect in air using single-shot supercontinuum spectral interferometry, enabling separation of the instantaneous and rotational components of the nonlinearity.
Keywords :
light interferometry; optical Kerr effect; instantaneous Kerr response; optical Kerr effect; polarization dependence; rotational Kerr response; supercontinuum spectral interferometry; Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Plasma measurements; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
