Title :
Nonlinear coupling between radially- and azimuthally-polarized modes of ultrashort optical pulses in an anisotropic crystal
Author :
Suzuki, M. ; Yamane, Keisaku ; Toda, Yuichiro ; Morita, Ryuji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We investigate nonlinear propagation of ultrashort optical pulses with radially- and azimuthally-polarized modes in a uniaxial crystal. The energy exchange between the modes, ascribed to nonlinear four-wave-mixing effect with Gouy-phase shifts, is discussed.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; light propagation; multiwave mixing; Gouy-phase shifts; anisotropic crystal; azimuthally-polarized modes; energy exchange; nonlinear coupling; nonlinear four-wave-mixing effect; nonlinear propagation; radially-polarized modes; ultrashort optical pulses; uniaxial crystal; Crystals; Measurement by laser beam; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical vortices; Stokes parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600182
