M. Praeger, A. M. de Paula, S. L. Stebbings, C. Froud, E. Rogers, W. Brocklesby, J. Baumberg, D. Hanna, J. Frey
{"title":"Microscale diffraction measurements with a high harmonic soft x-ray source","authors":"M. Praeger, A. M. de Paula, S. L. Stebbings, C. Froud, E. Rogers, W. Brocklesby, J. Baumberg, D. Hanna, J. Frey","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628749","url":null,"abstract":"High harmonic generation in a gas filled capillary provides a high spatial coherence, collimated, soft x-ray source. We present simple diffraction measurements and theoretical simulations that demonstrate this coherence.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129351593","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. Zhang, D. Lenstra, Y. Liu, H. Ju, Z. Li, G. Khoe, H. Dorren
{"title":"Eight state optical flip-flop based on coupled unidirectional ring lasers with optical feedback","authors":"S. Zhang, D. Lenstra, Y. Liu, H. Ju, Z. Li, G. Khoe, H. Dorren","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627777","url":null,"abstract":"An eight-state optical flip-flop based on coupled unidirectional ring lasers with optical feedback is demonstrated. The flip-flop exhibits low power operation since it contains only one gain medium. The contrast ratio is over 35 dB.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124584358","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}
B. Luther, Y. Wang, M. Larotonda, D. Alessi, M. Berrill, V. Shlyaptsev, J. Rocca
{"title":"Saturated 13.2 nm high repetition rate laser in nickel-like Cd and isoelectronic scaling down to 10.9 nm","authors":"B. Luther, Y. Wang, M. Larotonda, D. Alessi, M. Berrill, V. Shlyaptsev, J. Rocca","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628454","url":null,"abstract":"A table-top lambda = 13.2 nm soft X-ray laser operating at 5 Hertz repetition rate with 1 muW average power was demonstrated in Ni-like Cd. Lasing down to 10.9 nm was also obtained in transitions of other Ni-like ions.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129687708","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":"Second-order optical nonlinearities of novel “H-shaped” two-dimensional charge transfer chromophores","authors":"Jing Zhu, Xin Wang, Changgui Lu, Jiangfeng Luan, Yiping Cui, Chao-Zhi Zhang, Guoyuan Lu","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628623","url":null,"abstract":"The first hyperpolarizabilities (beta) of several ldquoH-shapedrdquo second-order nonlinear optical chromophores measured by hyper-Rayleigh scattering technique exhibit much higher values than those of their monomers with slight absorption red shifting because of intra-molecular interactions.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126684548","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":"Arbitrary focal-field polarization control for optical microscopy","authors":"A. Abouraddy, K. Toussaint","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628648","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a convenient method for controlling the three-dimensional polarization vector at the focus of a high-numerical-aperture lens using a linearly polarized input field. This form of polarization microscopy requires no polarization optics.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126954808","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":"Vector beam generation from a passively phase stable diffractive optical element interferometer","authors":"K. Toussaint, S. Park, J. Jureller, N. Scherer","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627718","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate four optical vector beams states using a diffractive optical element interferometer. Such a scheme exhibits passive phase stability, making it suitable for linear and nonlinear optical (super-resolution) microscopy.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129108712","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}
V. Crozatier, G. Gorju, F. Bretenaker, J. Le Gouet, I. Lorgeré, C. Gagnol, E. Ducloux
{"title":"Phase locking of a rapidly frequency-chirped laser","authors":"V. Crozatier, G. Gorju, F. Bretenaker, J. Le Gouet, I. Lorgeré, C. Gagnol, E. Ducloux","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627833","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the phase locking of a rapidly frequency chirped laser to a local oscillator. Deterministic and stochastic noises affecting the chirp purity are suppressed, and phase locking occurs in less than 1 mus.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129109782","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}
Zhigang Liu, Xiaoping Zheng, Hanyi Zhang, Yili Guo
{"title":"Photonic true time delay using air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers","authors":"Zhigang Liu, Xiaoping Zheng, Hanyi Zhang, Yili Guo","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628081","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a novel implementation of true time delay (TTD) using highly dispersive (800 ps/km.nm), air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers(PBGFs) which has advantages of low insertion cost, compact size, high immunity to nonlinear effects, and low temperature sensitivity.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129296442","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":"Terahertz time-resolved reflection spectroscopy for electrical conductivity measurements in the femtosecond laser-induced ablation dynamics","authors":"K. Kim, J. Glownia, A. Taylor, G. Rodriguez","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628604","url":null,"abstract":"Optical-pump, terahertz-probe reflection spectroscopy was investigated for the study of femtosecond laser-induced ablation dynamics. The technique can directly measure the quasi-DC complex electrical conductivities of laser-heated solids using non-contact terahertz probe pulses.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130651349","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}
K. Bohnert, P. Gabus, J. Nehring, M. Brunzel, H. Brandle
{"title":"Theoretical and experimental investigations on the calibration stability of fiber-optic current sensors","authors":"K. Bohnert, P. Gabus, J. Nehring, M. Brunzel, H. Brandle","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627631","url":null,"abstract":"A fiber-optic current sensor with flexibly packaged sensing fiber for direct currents up to 500kA is presented. Accuracy and calibration stability are well within 0.1%. Applications are in the electro-winning industry such as aluminum smelters.","PeriodicalId":394830,"journal":{"name":"2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"1760 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123939369","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}