Title :
Self-Phase-Modulation of Optical Beams- The Formative Years
Author_Institution :
Univ. of CA, Berkeley
Abstract :
An overview will be presented covering early initial observations and interpretation of self-phase modulation in self-trapped filaments of light and mode-locked laser pulses, the subsequent evolution of the basic concepts, and various applications.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; self-phase modulation; mode-locked laser pulse; optical beam self-phase-modulation; self-trapped filaments; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453558
