[go: up one dir, main page]
More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/

Garmire et al., 1966 - Google Patents

Dynamics and characteristics of the self-trapping of intense light beams

Garmire et al., 1966

View PDF
Document ID
2219941273434263969
Author
Garmire E
Chiao R
Townes C
Publication year
Publication venue
Physical Review Letters

External Links

Snippet

In an optical medium with nonlinear refrac-tive index, an intense light beam may form its own optical wave guide and propagate with-out diffracting." There has alreadybeen some experimental evidence for this phenomenon, especially in glasses' and Rarnan-active …
Continue reading at ntrs.nasa.gov (PDF) (other versions)

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/293—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection by another light beam, i.e. opto-optical deflection
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
    • G02F1/09—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on magneto-optical elements, e.g. exhibiting Faraday effect
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices for generation, amplification, modulation, demodulation, or frequency-changing, using stimulated emission, of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet waves
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accomodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/06708—Constructional details of the fibre, e.g. compositions, cross-section, shape or tapering
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices for generation, amplification, modulation, demodulation, or frequency-changing, using stimulated emission, of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet waves
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accomodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/07—Construction or shape of active medium consisting of a plurality of parts, e.g. segments

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
Garmire et al. Dynamics and characteristics of the self-trapping of intense light beams
Churbanov et al. First demonstration of~ 5 µm laser action in terbium-doped selenide glass
Alfano et al. Observation of self-phase modulation and small-scale filaments in crystals and glasses
Siegman A canonical formulation for analyzing multielement unstable resonators
US3729690A (en) Means for producing and amplifying optical energy
US3308394A (en) Optical resonant cavities
GB994210A (en) Optical travelling wave parametric devices
US3230474A (en) Solid state laser and pumping means therefor using a light condensing system
Denariez‐Roberge et al. EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF SELF‐TRAPPING FROM THE DEPENDENCE OF SELF‐MODULATION ON PROPAGATION DISTANCE
US3389348A (en) Gating system for high power laser cascade
US3414839A (en) Unidirectional ring laser
US3144617A (en) Optical maser with convex negative temperature medium extremities
US3283262A (en) Optical maser operating in the tmon mode
US3372972A (en) Optical beam deflector
WO1989009945A1 (en) Optical switch device
GB2008314A (en) Face-pumped laser with diffraction-limited output beam
JP2005524880A (en) Optical device for generating a broadband spectrum
Belousov et al. Experimental study of wave-front reversal in stimulated temperature and Mandel’shtam–Brillouin scattering and stimulated temperature scattering in liquids
Teschke et al. Thermal effects in jet-stream dye lasers
Rossi et al. Degenerate four‐wave mixing in rhodamine doped epoxy waveguides
Strong On the Resolving Power of a Prism Spectrometer for the Infrared
Oppenheim et al. Laser cinematography of explosions
Mohan et al. Fiber Optics and Optoelectronic Devices
JPH03293788A (en) Optical fiber type laser
Fischer et al. A Kerr camera with ten picoseconds time resolution