Title :
Nonlinear phase contrast enhancement
Author :
Goy, Alexandre S. ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple method to detect small phase steps using propagation in Kerr media. In experiments, nonlinear diffraction in acetone produced high contrast signals for a π/80 phase mask.
Keywords :
Amplitude modulation; Diffraction; Frequency; Noise level; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Phase detection; Pulse amplifiers; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
