Title :
General second-harmonic pulse shaping using engineered quasi-phasematching
Author :
Sapaev, U.K. ; Reid, D.T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
We describe an iterative simulated-annealing algorithm for designing arbitrary quasi-phasematched nonlinear crystals capable of producing second-harmonic pulses of any chosen amplitude and phase profile.
Keywords :
optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical pulse shaping; simulated annealing; iterative simulated annealing algorithm; nonlinear crystal; phase profile; pulse amplitude; quasiphasematching; second-harmonic pulse shaping; Algorithm design and analysis; Chirp; Crystals; Integrated circuit modeling; Iterative algorithms; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568123