EFFICIENT TIME-TO-SPACE CONVERSION OF FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES

Authors
KANAN AM WEINER AM
Citation
Am. Kanan et Am. Weiner, EFFICIENT TIME-TO-SPACE CONVERSION OF FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 15(3), 1998, pp. 1242-1245
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1242 - 1245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1998)15:3<1242:ETCOFO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report femtosecond time-to-space transformation by means of a potas sium niobate nonlinear optical crystal inside a femtosecond pulse shap er. We achieve an upconversion efficiency higher than 50%, a more than 500-fold increase as compared with previous results. We also present theoretical guidelines for Estimating the efficiency of such time-to-s pace converters. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America [S0740-3224(98)01 603-8].