Title :
Time-to-space transformation of femtosecond optical pulses with 12% conversion efficiency using KNbO3
Author :
Kan´an, Ayman M. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
In this contribution, we demonstrate time-to-space mapping with 12% conversion efficiency using type I noncritical phase matching in a potassium niobate (KNbO3) nonlinear crystal (NLC). This increase in efficiency by more than two orders of magnitude may allow the construction of systems using time-to-space mapping in conjunction with smart pixel optoelectronic device arrays to perform sophisticated ultrafast pulse processing operations repeatable at communication rates
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; potassium compounds; smart pixels; 12 percent; KNbO3; KNbO3 nonlinear crystal; communication rates; conversion efficiency; femtosecond optical pulses; smart pixel optoelectronic device arrays; time-to-space mapping; time-to-space transformation; type I noncritical phase matching; ultrafast pulse processing operations; Fourier transforms; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical recording; Structural beams; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645444
