Title :
Temporal reshaping of optical pulses using quadratic spatial soliton generation and spatial filtering
Author :
Simos, Christos ; Couderc, Vincent ; Barthélémy, Alain
Author_Institution :
IRCOM, Limoges Univ., France
fDate :
5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We perform a temporal reshaping of laser pulses by means of quadratic spatial soliton excitation combined with a spatial filtering of the output beam. We demonstrate that the device presents a behavior similar to the one of a saturable absorber, and numerically investigate the parameters giving optimum temporal filtering.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical pulse shaping; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; spatial filters; optimum temporal filtering; output beam; quadratic spatial soliton excitation; quadratic spatial soliton generation; saturable absorber; spatial filtering; temporal laser pulse reshaping; Filtering; Frequency; Fusion power generation; Laser beams; Liquid crystals; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
