Title :
Measurement of the thermal nonlinear refractive index of air at 1.064 microns using a cw laser
Author :
Bentley, S.J. ; Boyd, R.W. ; Butler, W.E. ; Melissinos, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
The thermal nonlinearity of air at 1.064 microns was measured to be (-5.7/spl plusmn/0.6)/spl times/10/sup -14/ cm/sup 2//W using a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity and a 500 mW cw laser with a 0.27 mm beam waist. The dominant contributant was identified as O/sub 2/.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; measurement by laser beam; nonlinear optics; refractive index measurement; thermo-optical effects; 0.27 mm; 1.064 mum; 500 mW; O/sub 2/; air thermal nonlinear refractive index measurement; cw laser; high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity; mW cw laser; thermal nonlinearity; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-646-X
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.2000.883686
