• DocumentCode
    732681
  • Title

    Significant enhancement of third- and fifth-harmonic generation in air via two-color, time-resolved methods

  • Author

    Weerawarne, Darshana L. ; Grynko, Rostislav I. ; Meyer, Henry J. ; Shim, Bonggu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Appl. Phys., & Astron., Binghamton Univ., Binghamton, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report two orders of magnitude enhancement of third- and fifth-harmonic generation in air via time-resolved methods using two-color, femtosecond beams. We attribute the significant enhancement to cross-phase modulation and/or plasma assisted phase matching effects.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; optical phase matching; phase modulation; cross-phase modulation; fifth-harmonic generation; magnitude enhancement; plasma assisted phase matching effects; third-harmonic generation; two-color femtosecond beams; two-color time-resolved methods; Delays; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Particle beams; Power harmonic filters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183117