• DocumentCode
    412137
  • Title

    Beam clean-up and combining via stimulated scattering in liquid crystals

  • Author

    Zeldovich, B.Ya. ; Ciapurin, I.V. ; Glebov, L.B. ; Tsai, C. ; Stickley, C.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    Orientational stimulated scattering from o-wave into e-wave in liquid crystal may combine coherent beams or modes of amplifiers) into diffraction-limited output. In experiment a 1000 micron liquid crystal layer transmitted undistorted o-wave with low attenuation.
  • Keywords
    light coherence; light diffraction; liquid crystals; optical materials; physical optics; stimulated scattering; amplifier mode; attenuation; beam clean-up; beam combining; coherent beam; coherent mode; diffraction-limited output; e-wave; micron liquid crystal layer; o-wave; orientational stimulated scattering; Energy exchange; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Light scattering; Liquid crystals; Optical attenuators; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298286