Pub Date : 1996-06-02DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00310-6
A. Ritsataki, P. French, G. New
{"title":"Numerical model of Kerr-lens mode-locking","authors":"A. Ritsataki, P. French, G. New","doi":"10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00310-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00310-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"53 1","pages":"130-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76630617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Udaiyan, R. Green, D.H. Kim, K. S. Syed, M. Damzen
Summary form only given. Double-pumped phase conjugation (DPPC) has been studied in photorefractives and in media with local response. A laser amplifier is an example of a medium with local response, by the formation of gain gratings (via spatial hole burning) from two coherent beams. In this work we demonstrate experimentally DPPC in a gain medium (Nd:YAG) and show that it can produce high powers, high reflectivities, and fast response times compared to DPPC in photorefractives.
{"title":"Experimental and theoretical double-pumped phase conjugation in inverted Nd:YAG","authors":"D. Udaiyan, R. Green, D.H. Kim, K. S. Syed, M. Damzen","doi":"10.1364/JOSAB.13.001766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001766","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Double-pumped phase conjugation (DPPC) has been studied in photorefractives and in media with local response. A laser amplifier is an example of a medium with local response, by the formation of gain gratings (via spatial hole burning) from two coherent beams. In this work we demonstrate experimentally DPPC in a gain medium (Nd:YAG) and show that it can produce high powers, high reflectivities, and fast response times compared to DPPC in photorefractives.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"191 1","pages":"507-508"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76053677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Schwartz, F. Carney, C. Chun, P. Claisse, B. M. Foley, C. Gaw, D. H. Hartman, P. Kiely, J. Knapp, Wenbin Jiang, S. Kuo, M. Lebby, S. Planer, L. J. Norton, G. Raskin, J. Sauvageau, C. Shieh, S. G. Shook, S. Tapp
Summary form only given. The optical waveguides have a uniformity of 1 dB. The resulting optical links have a jitter of no more than 150 ps not including pulse-width distortion, static skew between channels of less than 200 ps and dissipate 1.5 W. A representative multichannel eye pattern at 400 Mbit/s is shown. In this presentation we focus on the design approach and subsystem requirements that make this performance possible without sacrificing manufacturability or cost.
{"title":"Low-cost high-performance optical interconnect","authors":"D. Schwartz, F. Carney, C. Chun, P. Claisse, B. M. Foley, C. Gaw, D. H. Hartman, P. Kiely, J. Knapp, Wenbin Jiang, S. Kuo, M. Lebby, S. Planer, L. J. Norton, G. Raskin, J. Sauvageau, C. Shieh, S. G. Shook, S. Tapp","doi":"10.1109/96.533892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/96.533892","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. The optical waveguides have a uniformity of 1 dB. The resulting optical links have a jitter of no more than 150 ps not including pulse-width distortion, static skew between channels of less than 200 ps and dissipate 1.5 W. A representative multichannel eye pattern at 400 Mbit/s is shown. In this presentation we focus on the design approach and subsystem requirements that make this performance possible without sacrificing manufacturability or cost.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"66 1","pages":"330-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83145338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Summary form only given. Soft X-ray lasers utilize as gain medium high density plasmas of small lateral dimensions, in which refraction of the amplified X-ray radiation can result from electron density gradients. Recently, large soft X-ray amplification was demonstrated for the first time in a plasma column created by a discharge. A fast capillary discharge was utilized to generate amplification in the J=0-1 line of neon-like argon at 46.9 nm by collisional electron excitation, by creating a hot plasma column of small diameter and cylindrical symmetry. The analysis of the soft X-ray beam propagation and amplification in such plasma column requires one to take into account a two dimensional variation of the plasma parameters, which can be non parabolic.
{"title":"Beam optics of gain guided soft X-ray lasers in cylindrical plasmas","authors":"J. Chilla, J. Rocca","doi":"10.1364/JOSAB.13.002841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.002841","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Soft X-ray lasers utilize as gain medium high density plasmas of small lateral dimensions, in which refraction of the amplified X-ray radiation can result from electron density gradients. Recently, large soft X-ray amplification was demonstrated for the first time in a plasma column created by a discharge. A fast capillary discharge was utilized to generate amplification in the J=0-1 line of neon-like argon at 46.9 nm by collisional electron excitation, by creating a hot plasma column of small diameter and cylindrical symmetry. The analysis of the soft X-ray beam propagation and amplification in such plasma column requires one to take into account a two dimensional variation of the plasma parameters, which can be non parabolic.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"103 1","pages":"184-185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80797595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Summary form only given. Solitons in a dual-core fiber have been considered in a number of works. Usually, the two cores are assumed to be identical. However, fibers with dissimilar cores are of interest too. In this work, we consider the simplest model of a fiber with mismatched cores in which the only effective difference between the cores is in the phase velocities.
{"title":"Asymmetric solitons in mismatched dual-core optical fibers","authors":"D. Kaup, T. Lakoba, B. Malomed","doi":"10.1364/JOSAB.14.001199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.14.001199","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Solitons in a dual-core fiber have been considered in a number of works. Usually, the two cores are assumed to be identical. However, fibers with dissimilar cores are of interest too. In this work, we consider the simplest model of a fiber with mismatched cores in which the only effective difference between the cores is in the phase velocities.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"94 1","pages":"275-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90384770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Crane, M. Martinez, R. Beach, S. Mitchell, G. Pratt, J. Christensen
Summary form only given. In this paper we describe the current design and performance of a long-pulse regenerative laser amplifier for fusion reactor ignition that uses two, diode-array, end-pumped Nd-doped glass laser amplifiers to achieve the desired performance. The regenerative amplifier is a folded linear arrangement. The 4.5-m-long cavity has a 2-m lens and mode-limiting aperture positioned near the midpoint.
{"title":"Ultra-stable diode-pumped Nd-doped glass regenerative amplifier for the National Ignition Facility (NIF)","authors":"J. Crane, M. Martinez, R. Beach, S. Mitchell, G. Pratt, J. Christensen","doi":"10.2172/281684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2172/281684","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. In this paper we describe the current design and performance of a long-pulse regenerative laser amplifier for fusion reactor ignition that uses two, diode-array, end-pumped Nd-doped glass laser amplifiers to achieve the desired performance. The regenerative amplifier is a folded linear arrangement. The 4.5-m-long cavity has a 2-m lens and mode-limiting aperture positioned near the midpoint.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"43 1","pages":"324-325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87910047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1996-06-02DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80314-7_78
C. Chang, A. Weiner, A. Vengsarkar, D. Peckham
{"title":"Broadband dispersion compensation for sub-100-femtosecond pulses with compression ratio of 300","authors":"C. Chang, A. Weiner, A. Vengsarkar, D. Peckham","doi":"10.1007/978-3-642-80314-7_78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80314-7_78","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"61 1","pages":"395-396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78675239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Summary form only given. The technique of optical phase conjugation can be used to reconstruct a laser beam that has been aberrated on passing through a distorting medium. Reflection from a phase-conjugate mirror (PCM) produces a time reversed replica of the aberrated beam. The aberrations are removed when this phase-conjugate beam propagates back through the distorting medium, producing a time-reversed replica of the original beam.
{"title":"Incomplete phase conjugation through a random phase screen","authors":"K. Ridley, E. Jakeman","doi":"10.1364/JOSAA.13.002393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.13.002393","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. The technique of optical phase conjugation can be used to reconstruct a laser beam that has been aberrated on passing through a distorting medium. Reflection from a phase-conjugate mirror (PCM) produces a time reversed replica of the aberrated beam. The aberrations are removed when this phase-conjugate beam propagates back through the distorting medium, producing a time-reversed replica of the original beam.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"14 1","pages":"262-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86599139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1996-06-02DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80314-7_11
V. Binjrajka, C. Chang, A.W.R. Emanuel, D. Leaird, A. Weiner
{"title":"Pulse shaping of incoherent light by use of a liquid crystal modulator array","authors":"V. Binjrajka, C. Chang, A.W.R. Emanuel, D. Leaird, A. Weiner","doi":"10.1007/978-3-642-80314-7_11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80314-7_11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"173 1","pages":"86-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85406119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1996-06-02DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.1996.864840
D. Shepherd, S. Guy, M. Joubert, B. Jacquier, H. Poignant
Summary form only given. We have observed for the first time to our knowledge avalanche upconversion in Tm:ZBLAN fiber. The excitation spectra show that this allows new pumping wavelengths for obtaining blue emission. We aim to test the possible laser performance of an avalanche-pumped Tm:ZBLAN fiber and to investigate other pumping wavelengths that may give an avalanche effect and which may be more conveniently available than those which rely on ground-state absorption.
{"title":"Photon-avalanche upconversion of red light into blue light in a thulium-doped fluorozirconate fiber","authors":"D. Shepherd, S. Guy, M. Joubert, B. Jacquier, H. Poignant","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.1996.864840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.1996.864840","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. We have observed for the first time to our knowledge avalanche upconversion in Tm:ZBLAN fiber. The excitation spectra show that this allows new pumping wavelengths for obtaining blue emission. We aim to test the possible laser performance of an avalanche-pumped Tm:ZBLAN fiber and to investigate other pumping wavelengths that may give an avalanche effect and which may be more conveniently available than those which rely on ground-state absorption.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"62 1","pages":"398-399"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80886872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}