Title :
Highly efficient cross-polarized wave generation in the UV region
Author :
Canova, L. ; Minkovski, N. ; Kourtev, S. ; Albert, O. ; Forget, N. ; Oksenhendler, T. ; Martens, R. Lopez ; Saltiel, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally the generation of cross-polarized wave in BaF2 crystal in the UV. The efficiency in the UV below XPW saturation is about 30 times higher then in visible for the same input intensity.
Keywords :
barium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical saturation; BaF2; BaF2 crystal; cross-polarized wave generation; cross-polarized wave saturation; femtosecond pulses; four-wave mixing; nonlinear effect; pulse characterization; ultraviolet region; (190,7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9