• DocumentCode
    733497
  • Title

    On the role of freeman resonances in pump-probe measurements of the nonlinear refractive index

  • Author

    Hofmann, Michael ; Bree, Carsten

  • Author_Institution
    Weierstrass Inst. for Appl. Anal. & Stochastics, Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the dramatic impact of Freeman resonances on the cross-induced transient refractive index. Its nonperturbative character must be carefully considered in pump-probe based measurements of the all-optical Kerr effect.
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; refractive index measurement; Freeman resonances; all-optical Kerr effect; cross-induced transient refractive index; nonlinear refractive index; nonperturbative character; pump-probe measurements; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183937