Title :
Nonlinear beam propagation in quadratic nonlinear materials
Author_Institution :
Center for Res. in Electro-Optics & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Quadratically [χ(2)] media have historically been used to generate new frequencies. Although textbook analysis has focused on small conversion with plane waves, many additional effects (cascading, beam distortion, multi-soliton generation, etc.) occur for high intensity, finite beams. They will be explained and reviewed.
Keywords :
nonlinear media; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical solitons; reviews; beam distortion effects; cascading effects; finite beams; frequency generation; multisoliton generation; nonlinear beam propagation; plane wave conversion; quadratic nonlinear material; textbook analysis; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical distortion; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201668
