{"title":"Light-induced director axis reorientation in a dye-doped ferroelectric liquid crystal and its application to self-aligned spatial filtering","authors":"Y. Tomita, T. Inoue","doi":"10.1364/JOSAB.13.001916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001916","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. We present an experimental investigation of light-induced director axis reorientation in dye-doped surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals (SSFLCs) by means of the two-wavelength and pump-probe measurement. A large improvement in sensitivity and response speed of the light-induced director axis reorientation, compared with undoped SSFLCs, is demonstrated. We also perform image processing using the dye-doped SSFLCs as a spatial filters.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"34 1","pages":"476-477"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87880984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wafer-fused vertical-cavity bistable device at 1.55 /spl mu/m wavelength","authors":"F. Jeannès, J. Oudar, R. Azoulay, A. Ougazzaden","doi":"10.1109/CLEOE.1996.562401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.1996.562401","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. We have demonstrated a new vertical-cavity bistable device which exhibits all-optical switching at 1.55-/spl mu/m wavelength, with submilliwatt threshold and large contrast ratio. It was realized by wafer fusion of an InGaAsP/InP active heterostructure onto a AlAs/GaAs Bragg mirror. Finally the carrier-induced dispersive nonlinearity of the InGaAsP active layer has been investigated.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"1 1","pages":"491-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88479191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Antonetti, J. Chambaret, G. Chériaux, P. Curley, G. Darpentigny, G. Hamoniaux, C. Le Blanc, P. Rousseau, F. Salin
{"title":"Generation of 15-TW femtosecond pulses at 10 Hz in a Ti:sapphire laser chain","authors":"A. Antonetti, J. Chambaret, G. Chériaux, P. Curley, G. Darpentigny, G. Hamoniaux, C. Le Blanc, P. Rousseau, F. Salin","doi":"10.1364/hfsw.1997.sac3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/hfsw.1997.sac3","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. We describe here a Ti:sapphire laser amplifier producing 15 TW pulses at 10 Hz, which has been designed to produce pedestal-free pulses. To reduce any prepulse, we designed the amplifier with broad transmission bandwidth, minimum material path length, high gain and an aberration-free system for stretching and recompressing the pulses.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"33 1","pages":"306-307"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90592466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tunable high-power AlGaAs distributed Bragg reflector laser diodes","authors":"V. Gulgazov, J. Major, H. Zhao, D. Welch","doi":"10.1049/EL:19970007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EL:19970007","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Commercial single-mode distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser diodes now produce output powers comparable to commercial single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diodes. Within this presentation, high-power tunable AlGaAs DBR laser diodes with single-mode output powers exceeding 200 mW cw are described. In addition, an 16,000 hr. ongoing lifetest on DBR laser diodes will be presented. These results represent over an order of magnitude increase in the output power of tunable DBR laser diodes and excellent proof that regrown AlGaAs laser diodes can have exceptional reliability.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"41 1","pages":"33-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86248938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Syrbu, V. Yakovlev, G. Suruceanu, A. Mereutza, L. Mawst, A. Bhattacharya, M. Nesnidal, J. Lopez, D. Boetz
{"title":"ZnSe-facet-passivated InGaAs/InGaAsP/InGaP diode lasers of high cw power and \"wallplug\" efficiency","authors":"A. Syrbu, V. Yakovlev, G. Suruceanu, A. Mereutza, L. Mawst, A. Bhattacharya, M. Nesnidal, J. Lopez, D. Boetz","doi":"10.1049/EL:19960251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EL:19960251","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. We report on the cw performance of optimized facet-coated InGaAs/InGaAsP/InGaP (/spl lambda/=0.95 /spl mu/m) diode lasers as well as on the improvement in their performance as the facets are passivated by in-situ growth of ZnSe half-wave films. The results represent record-high values for both front-facet-emitted cw power: 2.9 W, as well as maximum cw wallplug efficiency: 54%.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"32 1","pages":"78-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86567109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"V-groove side-pumped 1.5-/spl mu/m fiber amplifier","authors":"L. Goldberg, D. Ripin, E. Snitzer, B. Cole","doi":"10.1049/EL:19971471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EL:19971471","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. A low-cost, efficient fiber amplifier based on imbedded v-groove side-pumping of a double-cladding fiber was demonstrated. Side-pumping of double-cladding active fibers has the following advantages i) fiber ends are unobstructed and can be directly spliced to other fibers, ii) multiple v-grooves can be used to inject pump power at many points along the fiber, iii) no WDM couplers are required. These advantages yield a compact and efficient amplifier configuration and more than tenfold cost reduction. Improvements in the coupling efficiency and fiber slope efficiency, as well as the use of multiple v-grooves are expected to yield output powers well above the 154 mW demonstrated here.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"42 1","pages":"208-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85775253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding waveguiding in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers","authors":"G. R. Hadley, K. Choquette, K. Lear","doi":"10.1364/IPR.1996.ITuE6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/IPR.1996.ITuE6","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. We present the first theoretical treatment of waveguiding in VCSELs that properly includes the effects of the resonant cavity. The resulting treatment immediately suggests new designs for leaky-mode (antiguided) VCSELs that should result in devices operating in the fundamental mode to powers much higher than presently attainable.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"75 1","pages":"425-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84830940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Hwang, X. Y. Zou, S.H. Huang, W. Shieh, A. Willner
{"title":"Passive equalization of four 2.5-Gbit/s WDM channels over 1,000 km using notch filters","authors":"S. Hwang, X. Y. Zou, S.H. Huang, W. Shieh, A. Willner","doi":"10.1049/EL:19960377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EL:19960377","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate passive equalization of the nonuniform gain of cascaded Er-doped fiber amplifers (EDFAs) for which a newly-generated gain peak appears near 1560 nm. The passive equalization is accomplished over a 7.4-nm wavelength range by periodically using notch filters along a 1000-km transmission link. Our results show that the signal power differential among the four WDM channels is reduced from 19 dB to 4 dB and that the 10/sup -9/ BER receiver sensitivity differential among the channels is decreased from 7.5 dB to only 3 dB.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"87 1","pages":"407-408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77148605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Aka, L. Bloch, J. Bénitez, P. Crochet, A. Kahn-Harari, D. Viven, F. Salin, P. Coquelin, D. Collier
{"title":"New nonlinear oxoborate crystal, characterized by using femtosecond broadband pulses","authors":"G. Aka, L. Bloch, J. Bénitez, P. Crochet, A. Kahn-Harari, D. Viven, F. Salin, P. Coquelin, D. Collier","doi":"10.1364/ASSL.1996.FC1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.1996.FC1","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. In summary we introduce a new family of borate crystals, which can be grown by the Czochralski method. The first element of this family was characterized for femtosecond nonlinear optical effects and compared favorably with existing crystals such as BBO.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"43 1","pages":"300-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74697048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Holographic 3-D disks using shift multiplexing","authors":"A. Pu, D. Psaltis","doi":"10.1117/12.218728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218728","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Recently, we demonstrated holographic recording in a 100-micron-thick photopolymer, achieving a surface density of 10 bits//spl mu/m/sup 2/, by recording a combination of peristrophic and angle-multiplexed holograms. We would like to further increase the capacity of this system by storing data at many different locations. One simple implementation of such system would be a holographic 3-D disk, where the disk spins so that holograms stored at different locations on the disk could be accessed. We will use a new multiplexing method (shift multiplexing) that is especially well suited for the holographic disk configuration.","PeriodicalId":22169,"journal":{"name":"Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics","volume":"2 1","pages":"165-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81939806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}