Title :
Phase distortions of femtosecond pulses generated in multilayer second order nonlinear media
Author :
Knoesen, A. ; Sidick, E. ; Dienes, A. ; Yankelevich, D.R. ; Hill, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Minimizing pulse-spreading caused by group velocity mismatch demands structures that achieve large conversion efficiency with a short interaction length. Optimized femtosecond-pulse generation in quasi-phase-matched thin-film structures will be discussed
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical films; optical harmonic generation; optical noise; femtosecond pulse generation; group velocity mismatch; large conversion efficiency; multilayer second order nonlinear media; optical second harmonic generation; optimized femtosecond-pulse generation; pulse-spreading; quasi-phase-matched thin-film structures; short interaction length; ultra short pulse phase distortions; Absorption; Nonhomogeneous media; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase distortion; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379041
