Femtosecond pulse duration measurements by transverse second harmonic generation in random nonlinear media

Authors :: Wieslaw Krolikowski
David Dumay
Vito Roppo
Dragomir N. Neshev
Ramon Vilaseca
Kestutis Staliunas
Crina Cojocaru
Jose Trull
Solomon S. Saltiel
Yuri S. Kivshar
Source :: Scopus-Elsevier
Abstract: We study transverse non-collinear second harmonic generation in a nonlinear crystal with random ferroelectric domain structure and demonstrate that it provides a simple and robust method for characterizing femtosecond optical pulses.

Subjects :: Physics
Nonlinear system
Transverse plane
Optics
Sum-frequency generation
business.industry
Femtosecond
Physics::Optics
Second-harmonic generation
Nonlinear optics
business
Ferroelectricity
Refractive index

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