Search for dissertations about: "quasi optics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the words quasi optics.

  2. 1. Diode-pumped rare-earth-doped quasi-three-level lasers

    Author : Stefan Bjurshagen; Fredrik Laurell; Markus Pollnau; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Optics; laser optics; Physics; Fysik;

    Abstract : Many rare-earth-doped materials are suitable for laser operation and this thesis focuses on diode-pumped solid-state lasers employing crystals doped with the trivalent rare-earth ions neodymium (Nd3+), ytterbium (Yb3+) and erbium (Er3+). Especially, the quasi-three-level transitions in Nd and Yb have been studied as well as the eye-safe three-level transition around 1. READ MORE

  4. 2. Quasi-Phasematched nonlinear processes in KTiOPO4 isomorphs

    Author : Anna Fragemann; KTH; []
    Keywords : nonlinear optics; optical parametric oscillator; optical parametric amplifier; KTiOPO4; RbTiOPO4; quasi-phasematched; electric field poling;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the use of nonlinear crystals from theKTiOPO4(KTP) family with the aim to extend the possibleapplications for laser sources and to gain more knowledge aboutthe material’s benefits and limits. The work focussed onoptical parametric oscillators (OPOs) and optical parametricamplifiers (OPAs), which employ second order nonlinearprocesses. READ MORE

  5. 3. Spectral Management in Quasi-Phase-Matched Parametric Devices

    Author : Mikael Tiihonen; Fredrik Laurell; Jean-Jaques Zondy; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; optical parametric devices; nonlinear optics; ultraviolet generation; mid-infrared generation; optical parametric oscillator; optical parametric generator; optical parametric amplifier; Optical physics; Optisk fysik;

    Abstract : Nonlinear optical interaction in quasi-phase-matched structures opens up unique possibilities to build compact and efficient parametric devices such as optical parametric oscillators, generators, and amplifiers with tailored spectral properties. The focus of this thesis is on novel parametric interactions with periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) as the parametric gain medium. READ MORE

  6. 4. Advanced nano- and microdomain engineering of Rb-doped KTiOPO4 for nonlinear optical applications

    Author : Charlotte Liljestrand; Carlota Canalias; Sunao Kurimura; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; KTiOPO4; nonlinear optics; MOPO; quasi-phase matching; SHG; ferroelectrics; domain structuring; periodic poling; Fysik; Physics;

    Abstract : Fine-pitch ferroelectric domain gratings are extensively used for generation of light in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions through quasi-phase matched (QPM) frequency conversion. Sub-μm QPM devices enables demonstration of nonlinear optics with counterpropagating waves, a field of nonlinear optics which remains sparsely explored due to the difficulty of fabricatinghigh quality gratings. READ MORE

  7. 5. Backward and Forward Nonlinear Optical Processes in Potassium Titanyl Phosphate

    Author : Kjell Martin Mølster; Fredrik Laurell; Valdas Pasiskevicius; Ulf L. Österberg; Stefano Taccheo; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; QPM; PPKTP; Nonlinear Optics; Backward second-harmonic; BWOPO; OPO; parametric devices; QPM; Ickelinär Optik; BWOPO; OPO; PPKTP; QPM; kvasifasematching; ikkelinæer optikk; bakovervendt parametrisk oscillator; optisk parametrisk oscillator; PPKTP; Optics and Photonics; Optik och fotonik; Physics; Fysik;

    Abstract : Second-order nonlinear optical processes generate radiation across a broad spectrum, including UV and the far-infrared. In this thesis, new light sources in the near(NIR) and mid infrared (MIR) using three-wave mixing geometries in periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate (PPKTP) is studied. READ MORE