Femtosecond negative Kerr response due to a two photon process in /spl beta/, /spl beta/-carotene solutions

Author

Morita, Ryuji ; Yanagisawa, H. ; Yamashita, Masaru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

58

Abstract

Summary form only given. In the present study we have investigated a femtosecond nonlinear response in /spl beta/,/spl beta/-carotene (/spl beta/-carotene) solutions by means of an optical heterodyne-detected optical Kerr effect (OHDOKE) technique. The OHD-OKE measurement was done in a pump-probe configuration using a femtosecond modelocked Ti:sapphire laser.

Keywords

demodulation; high-speed optical techniques; measurement by laser beam; optical Kerr effect; optical materials; optical pumping; organic compounds; two-photon processes; /spl beta/, /spl beta/-carotene solutions; OHD-OKE measurement; femtosecond modelocked Ti:sapphire laser; femtosecond negative Kerr response; femtosecond nonlinear response; optical heterodyne-detected optical Kerr effect; pump-probe configuration; two photon process; Electron optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Probes; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865567