Title :
Tunable pulse compression by nonlinear cross-phase modulation using cascaded electro-optic effects
Author :
Guangzhen Li ; Haowei Jiang ; Xianfeng Chen ; Yuping Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first pulse compression induced by cross-phase modulation through cascading Pockels effects. It provides first practically useful solutions for enhanced effective third-order nonlinearity independent of light intensity.
Keywords :
Pockels effect; nonlinear optics; optical pulse compression; optical tuning; phase modulation; cascaded Pockels effects; cascaded electro-optic effects; light intensity; nonlinear cross-phase modulation; third-order nonlinearity enhancement; tunable pulse compression; Electrooptic effects; Electrooptic modulators; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Optical refraction;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
