• DocumentCode
    1576169
  • Title

    Controlled X wave formation in bulk quadratic and cubic nonlinear media

  • Author

    Clerici, M. ; Jedrkiewicz, O. ; Faccio, D. ; Averchi, A. ; Lotti, A. ; Rubino, E. ; Valiulis, G. ; Tartara, L. ; Degiorgio, V. ; Couairon, A. ; Kolesik, M. ; Di Trapani, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Math., Univ. dell´´Insubria, Como
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    874
  • Lastpage
    875
  • Abstract
    Here we report spontaneous conical wave formation in quadratic and cubic nonlinear media, demonstrating how the characteristics of the formed conical wave strictly depend on those of the pumping source.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; nonlinear media; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical tuning; OPA; broadband spatially coherent Gaussian pulse; broadband temporally coherent Gaussian pulse; bulk quadratic media; controlled X wave formation; cubic nonlinear media; nonlinear crystal; propagation direction; pump phase velocity tuning; pumping source; spontaneous conical wave formation; Charge carrier processes; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical pumping; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688900
  • Filename
    4688900