Title

Pulse-shape dependent time averaging effects in interferometric nonlinear phase shift measurements

Abstract

When optical pulses of temporal width less than or comparable to a detector's response time are used to interferometrically measure intensity-dependent phase shifts, it becomes necessary to use time-averaging protocols to deduce the material nonlinearity. Relations between the actual peak nonlinear phase shifts and the measured values are numerically evaluated for Gaussian and sech square pulse shapes. We believe that these results are also very important to understand the pulse break-up effect in Mach-Zehnder type all-optical switching applications.

Publication Date

1-1-1997

Publication Title

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volume

6

Issue

2

Number of Pages

151-159

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218863597000137

Socpus ID

3042928482 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/3042928482

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