Title :
Femtosecond two-beam coupling: can we measure the time for bound electrons to respond to an optical field?
Author :
Smolorz, Sylvia ; Wise, Frank
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Two-beam coupling (TBC) with chirped pulses can be used to determine response times shorter than the chirped pulse duration. Here we explore the possibility of a direct determination of the electronic response time through measurements of two-beam coupling with pulses as short as 10 fs. We use fused silica as a model system. In numerical simulations we assume that the pulses were chirped.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical glass; optical modulation; silicon compounds; 10 fs; SiO/sub 2/; bound electrons; chirped pulse duration; chirped pulses; direct determination; electronic response time; femtosecond two-beam coupling; fused silica; model system; numerical simulations; optical field; response times; Chirp; Delay; Electron optics; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Silicon compounds; Time measurement; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2000. (QELS 2000). Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-608-7
