Title :
Optical processing in free space using ultrashort pulses
Author :
Potasek, M.J. ; Kim, S.
Author_Institution :
Air Force Res. Lab., Brooks AFB, TX, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Optical free-space interconnections for information processing and free space optical communications require an understanding of the dynamics of spatiotemporal pulse propagation. We have used the BPM for an initial investigation of the optical propagation in free space of high bandwidth pulses. Further studies are expected to increase the understanding of this complex dynamical behavior.
Keywords :
laser beams; light propagation; optical Kerr effect; optical communication; optical dispersion; optical information processing; optical solitons; stimulated Raman scattering; Kerr nonlinearity; atmospheric transmission; beam propagation method; critical collapse; free-space laser communication; group velocity dispersion; indoor optical wireless; information processing; laser propagation; light wavelength effect; nonlinear dispersive optical pulses; self-focusing; singularity; spatial beam waist; spatial effects; stimulated Raman scattering; temporal effects; temporal pulse width; terrestrial free space optical communications; ultrashort pulses; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Pulse compression methods; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947681
