title: Spatiotemporal dynamics of cross-polarized wave generation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA. daniel.e.adams@gmail.com
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Planchon
authors.forename: Jeff A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Squier
authors.forename: Charles G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Durfee