Title :
Applications of cascade nonlinearities to femtosecond pulse generation and propagation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we show that noninstantaneous Kerr-like phase shifts can be impressed on the fundamental pulse in the nonstationary limit, producing red or blue self-frequency shifts, which correspond to retarded or advanced nonlinear responses.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; red shift; blue self-frequency shift; cascade nonlinearity application; cascade quadratic processes; femtosecond pulse generation; femtosecond pulse propagation; noninstantaneous Kerr-like phase shifts; red self-frequency shift; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical propagation; Physics; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252889
