Title :
Beam shaping and production of vortex beams in coherent Raman generation
Author :
Miaochan Zhi ; Kai Wang ; Hua Xia ; Zhdanova, Alexandra ; Shutova, Maria ; Sokolov, Alexei
Author_Institution :
Biosyst. & Biomater. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
We explore the role of spatial shaping in nonlinear interactions of ultrafast laser beams. We investigate the coherent transfer of orbital angular momentum in PbWO4 crystal by using two time-delayed linearly chirped infrared pulses.
Keywords :
angular momentum; laser beams; lead compounds; light coherence; nonlinear optics; optical pulse shaping; optical vortices; PbWO4; beam shaping; coherent Raman generation; nonlinear interactions; orbital angular momentum coherent transfer; spatial shaping; time-delayed linearly chirped infrared pulses; ultrafast laser beams; vortex beam production; Amplitude modulation; Chirp; Crystals; Laser beams; Optical pumping; Optical vortices; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
