Title :
Cascading processes in femtosecond regime and measurement of second-order nonlinearity in nonlinear crystals
Author :
Rassoul, R.M. ; Ivanov, A. ; Cussat-Blanc, S. ; Freysz, E. ; Ducasse, A.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Phys. Moleculaire Opt. et Hertzienne, Bordeaux I Univ., Talence, France
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We show that the induced cascading modification of the spectral density of the harmonic pulses can be easily seen in the femtosecond regime. We demonstrate that this allows a direct measurement of the second order crystal nonlinear coefficient.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; cascading processes; direct measurement; femtosecond regime; harmonic pulses; induced cascading modification; nonlinear crystals; second order crystal nonlinear coefficient; second-order nonlinearity; spectral density; Chromium; Crystals; Fourier transforms; Frequency conversion; Phase measurement; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-339-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676156
