Beam clean-up utilizing spatial optical solitary waves in KTP

Author

Fuerst, R.A. ; Torruellas, W.E. ; Lawrence, B.L. ; Stegeman, G.I.

Author_Institution

CREOL, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

179

Abstract

Summary form only given. Since the first demonstration of spatial solitary waves in a quadratic nonlinear optical material, such materials have been studied for potential all-optical applications. Beam clean-up measurements were conducted with use of a 1-cm-long bulk KTiOPO/sub 4/ (KTP) crystal oriented to an SHG phase mismatch. The source used was a Q-switched, modelocked, Nd:YAG system.

Keywords

Q-switching; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical solitons; potassium compounds; solid lasers; 1 cm; KTP; KTP crystal orientation; KTiOPO/sub 4/; Nd:YAG system; Q-switched; SHG phase mismatch; all-optical applications; beam clean-up measurements; bulk KTiOPO/sub 4/; laser beam clean-up; modelocked; quadratic nonlinear optical material; spatial optical solitary waves; spatial solitary waves; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical materials; Optical solitons; Polarization; Power system harmonics; Telescopes; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865738