• DocumentCode
    1675440
  • Title

    Refraction of evanescent waves at an air and optically pumped Ti:Sapphire interface

  • Author

    Weiguo Yang ; Deaver, J.S. ; Woldeyohannes, M. ; Fiddy, Michael A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. & Technol., Western Carolina Univ., Cullowhee, NC, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The refraction of evanescent waves at an air and optically pumped Ti:Sapphire interface is investigated. The experimental results qualitatively support the theory of optical gain-assisted evanescent wave conversion at a passive/active boundary.
  • Keywords
    adaptive optics; air; light refraction; light scattering; sapphire; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; active optics; adaptive optics; air; evanescent waves refraction; optical gain-assisted evanescent wave conversion; optically pumped interface; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326479