Title :
Generation and propagation of ultrashort pulses in nonlinear media
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Generation of ultrashort optical pulses through nonlinear optical processes such as optical parametric interactions, second harmonic generation, and stimulated Raman scattering is a subject that has been intensely studied. The results of recent investigation on how the generation efficiency and propagation characteristics of ultrashort optical pulses in nonlinear media depend on the pulsewidth are discussed. Quantitative understanding of such dependence allows us to optimize the design of nonlinear optical devices which use ultrashort pulses
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric devices; optical parametric oscillators; stimulated Raman scattering; design; generation efficiency; nonlinear media; nonlinear optical devices; nonlinear optical processes; optical parametric interactions; propagation characteristics; pulsewidth; second harmonic generation; stimulated Raman scattering; ultrashort optical pulses; ultrashort pulses; Character generation; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Pulse generation; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571971
