Self-action cw-pulsed lasers and glare attenuators

Author

Khoo, I.C. ; Diaz, A.

Author_Institution

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

22-28 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

29

Abstract

This article reports a patented nonlinear fiber array [US Patent #5,589.101-Khoo] faceplate device and several newly developed materials that are capable of spatial frequency discrimination and intensity dependent transmission. In addition, because of the temporal range spanning nanosecond laser pulses to cw light sources, the device possesses response time and responses capable of self-action in such time scales. This paper presents theoretical modeling of device operational principle and experimental demonstration results for cw and pulsed lasers.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; light sources; nematic liquid crystals; nonlinear optics; optical arrays; optical attenuators; optical fibres; continuous-wave lasers; continuous-wave light sources; glare attenuators; intensity dependent transmission; nanosecond laser pulses; nematic liquid crystal film; newly developed materials; patented faceplate device; patented nonlinear fiber array device; pulsed lasers; response time; self-action lasers; spatial frequency discrimination; Attenuators; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser theory; Light sources; Nanoscale devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical materials; Optical pulses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9217-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547861

Filename

1547861