Title :
Applications of nonlinear optics
Author :
Clayton, Christopher M.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Optics Center of Technol., USAF Phillips Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379111
