Title :
Control of absorption in femtosecond laser-dielectric interaction with the polarization of a seeding pulse
Author :
Green, Mark ; Tsing-Hua Her ; Chih-Hsuan Lin ; Ci-Ling Pan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Opt. Sci., Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Abstract :
We investigate femtosecond pulse transmission through BK7 in the presence of its second harmonic as a seeding pulse. Enhanced absorption is observed when the pulses are co-polarized. Such phenomenon can be used to control absorption.
Keywords :
light absorption; light polarisation; optical control; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; BK7; absorption control; femtosecond laser-dielectric interaction; femtosecond pulse transmission; second harmonic; seeding pulse polarization; Absorption; Color; Delays; Ionization; Nonlinear optics; Physics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
