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Optics Express

  • Editor: J. H. Eberly
  • Vol. 9, Iss. 2 — Jul. 16, 2001
  • pp: 110–115

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Demonstration of vortex-induced beam shaping in seeded second-harmonic generation

Gabriel Molina-Terriza, Stefano Minardi, Alberto Bramati, Paolo Di Trapani, and Lluis Torner  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 9, Issue 2, pp. 110-115 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.9.000110


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Abstract

We report the experimental demonstration of a method that allows the simultaneous frequency-doubling and the shaping of a light beam into a variety of patterns. The technique is based on the controllable generation of multiple-vortex patterns in seeded schemes. Our observations were performed under conditions of second-harmonic generation pumped by picosecond pulses at 1055 nm, but the scheme can be extended to all parametric processes.

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OCIS Codes
(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
(190.4420) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons

ToC Category:
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History
Original Manuscript: July 3, 2001
Published: July 16, 2001

Citation
Gabriel Molina-Terriza, Stefano Minardi, Alberto Bramati, Paolo Di Trapani, and Lluis Torner, "Demonstration of vortex-induced beam shaping in seeded second-harmonic generation," Opt. Express 9, 110-115 (2001)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-9-2-110


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