Title :
Phase and few-cycle pulses in nonlinear optics
Author :
Kinsler, P. ; Tyrrell, J.C.A. ; New, G.H.C.
Author_Institution :
Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll., London
Abstract :
We model the propagation and interaction of few-cycle pulses using both envelope and FDTD techniques. We show that when solving for a wide class of nonlinear interactions, the carrier phase is essentially irrelevant
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; high-speed optical techniques; light propagation; nonlinear optics; FDTD technique; carrier phase; envelope technique; few-cycle pulses; nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4