Title :
Third-harmonic generation in organic thin films as an alternative to degenerate four-wave mixing ultrafast optical image processing
Author :
Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek ; Tseng, Shuo-Yen ; Chi, San-Hui ; Hales, Joel M. ; Perry, Joseph W. ; Marder, Seth R. ; Kippelen, B.
Author_Institution :
Center for Org. Photonics & Electron., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
We report on the use of noncollinear third-harmonic generation in thin organic films for ultrafast optical image processing using 80 fs pulses at 1550 nm and compare it with the traditional degenerate four-wave mixing approach.
Keywords :
image processing; multiwave mixing; optical films; optical harmonic generation; optical information processing; optical materials; thin films; degenerate four-wave mixing; noncollinear optics; organic thin films; third-harmonic generation; time 80 fs; ultrafast optical image processing; wavelength 1550 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Correlators; Four-wave mixing; Image processing; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Ultrafast optics; (070.4550)Correlators; (070.7145)Ultrafast processing; (190.4710)Optical nonlinearities in organic materials;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
