• DocumentCode
    2155737
  • Title

    Sensitivity of photo-thermo-refractive glass to IR femtosecond pulses: application for the recording of phase elements

  • Author

    Siiman, Leo ; Lumeau, Julien ; Glebov, Leonid B.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this paper we investigate the features of refractive index modulation after excitation of PTR glass by high intensity IR femtosecond pulses and show as an example, how this non linear photosensitivity can be used for the recording of a Fresnel lens.
  • Keywords
    laser beam effects; lenses; optical fabrication; optical glass; photorefractive materials; refractive index; supercontinuum generation; thermo-optical effects; Fresnel lens fabrication; high intensity IR femtosecond pulses; laser beam; nonlinear photosensitivity; phase element recording; photo-thermo-refractive glass; refractive index modulation; supercontinuum generation; Glass; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical recording; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386179
  • Filename
    4386179