Spatiotemporal dynamics of cross-polarized wave generation.
We use time-domain spatially and spectrally resolved interferometry to investigate cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation in barium fluoride. We find that the XPW pulse is square root of 3 smaller than the input in the spatiotemporal domain, regardless of input chirp. Additionally, we calculate a temporally dependent focal length resulting from the nonlinear interaction and discuss its implications.
Adams
Daniel E
DE
Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA. daniel.e.adams@gmail.com
Planchon
Thomas A
TA
Squier
Jeff A
JA
Durfee
Charles G
CG