Title :
Nonlinear effects on the carrier-envelope phase
Author :
Goorjian, Peter M. ; Cundiff, Steven T.
Author_Institution :
NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Abstract :
Calculations, using Maxwells equations, of nonlinear effects on the carrier-envelope phase of ultrashort pulses propagating in sapphire show that the slope with respect to intensity changes signs due to the finite response time of n/sub 2/.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; high-speed optical techniques; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; sapphire; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; Kerr nonlinearity; Maxwells equations; carrier-envelope phase; nonlinear effects; optical solitons; sapphire; ultrashort pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
