Measurement of pressure dependent nonlinear refractive index of inert gases

Author

Osvay, K. ; Börzsönyi, Á ; Heiner, Z. ; Kovacs, A.P. ; Kalashnikov, M.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Opt. & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Nonlinear refractive index of Ar, Kr, N₂ Ne, Xe, and air has been determined from the spatially dependent nonlinear spectral phase of weak femtosecond pulses propagating in sample gases under pressure between 0.05 mbar and 1 bar.

Keywords

argon; high-speed optical techniques; krypton; neon; nitrogen; nonlinear optics; refractive index measurement; xenon; Ar; Kr; N₂; Ne; Xe; femtosecond pulse propagation; inert gases; nonlinear refractive index; pressure 0.05 bar to 1 bar; pressure dependent refractive index measurement; spatially dependent nonlinear spectral phase; spatially resolved interferometry; Biomedical optical imaging; Gas lasers; Gases; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Pressure measurement; Refractive index; Spatial resolution; Ultrafast optics; (160.4760) Optical properties; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225086