Beam Reshaping By Use Of Spatial Solitons In The Quadratic Nonlinear Medium Ktp

    Authors

    R. A. Fuerst; B. L. Lawrence; W. E. Torruellas;G. I. Stegeman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    SOLITARY WAVES; Optics

    Abstract

    We have demonstrated the transformation of elliptical beams into cylindrically symmetric beams through the formation of quadratic spatial solitons. By use of type II phase-matched second-harmonic generation in a KTP crystal, input elliptical beams with aspect ratios as large as 8:1 were propagated through the KTP crystal, and they exited the crystal as a cylindrically symmetric beam. The threshold for soliton formation and the power throughput were measured versus ellipticity. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    22

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-1997

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    19

    Last Page

    21

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1997WC67400007

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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