Title :
Transverse beam effect on mode locking by cascading of quadratic nonlinearities
Author :
Myoungsik Cha ; Kurimura, S. ; Taira, Takunori
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Dielectric & Adv. Matter Phys., Pusan Nat. Univ., South Korea
Abstract :
We performed a numerical study on the self-focusing effect due to cascading quadratic nonlinearities. A set of nonlinear optical parameters was found for an efficient passive mode locking operation.
Keywords :
finite difference methods; laser mode locking; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical self-focusing; cascading mode locking; cascading quadratic nonlinearities; downward simplex method; fast Fourier transform; fourth order Runge-Kutta routines; nonlinear loss modulation; nonlinear optical parameters; passive mode locking; phase mismatch; phase shift; second harmonic generation crystal; self-focusing effect; split-step beam propagation method; transverse beam effect; Dielectrics; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical harmonic generation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967767
