• DocumentCode
    520745
  • Title

    Nonlinear phase contrast enhancement

  • Author

    Goy, Alexandre S. ; Psaltis, Demetri

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a simple method to detect small phase steps using propagation in Kerr media. In experiments, nonlinear diffraction in acetone produced high contrast signals for a π/80 phase mask.
  • Keywords
    Amplitude modulation; Diffraction; Frequency; Noise level; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Phase detection; Pulse amplifiers; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500339
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520745