Applications of nonlinear optics

Author

Clayton, Christopher M.

Author_Institution

Nonlinear Optics Center of Technol., USAF Phillips Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

103

Abstract

The use of adaptive optics to improve the seeing of large astronomical telescopes has been of great interest to the scientific community. The adaptive optics concept that is currently being pursued involves the use of complex deformable mirrors, high speed wavefront sensors, and sophisticated control electronics. These systems are expensive, generally beyond the reach of the average scientist. Phase conjugation techniques have the potential to replace this complex hardware with a single optical element. In addition several other nonlinear processes have relevant applications such as low noise optical amplifiers

Keywords

adaptive optics; astronomical techniques; astronomical telescopes; astronomy; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; mirrors; optical phase conjugation; telescopes; adaptive optics; complex deformable mirrors; high speed wavefront sensors; large astronomical telescopes; low noise optical amplifiers; nonlinear optics applications; nonlinear processes; phase conjugation techniques; scientific community; seeing; single optical element; sophisticated control electronics; Adaptive optics; Hardware; High speed optical techniques; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1263-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379111

Filename

379111