THEORY OF BEAM COUPLING AND PULSE SHAPING OF MODE-LOCKED LASER-PULSES IN A PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTAL

被引:39
作者
YAO, XS [1 ]
DOMINIC, V [1 ]
FEINBERG, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SO CALIF,DEPT ELECT ENGN,LOS ANGELES,CA 90089
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10.1364/JOSAB.7.002347
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe how optical beams from a mode-locked laser will couple in a photorefractive crystal. We show that the two-beam-coupling gain coefficient is proportional to the square of the electric field correlation of the incoming light pulses. Consequently we show that two-beam-coupling experiments can measure the average coherence length of mode-locked laser pulses. We also describe how the temporal envelopes of the mode-locked optical pulses distort as they couple and propagate through the photorefractive crystal, and we give examples of how pulses can be shaped by using photorefractive coupling. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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页码:2347 / 2355
页数:9
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