Open AccessPulse simulations of a mirrored counterpropagating-QPM device
Author(s) -
Gary D. Landry,
Theresa A. Maldonado
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.5.000176
Subject(s) - optics , pulse (music) , usable , pulse shaping , physics , phase (matter) , computer science , laser , quantum mechanics , detector , world wide web
A basic mirrored counterpropagating quasi-phase-matched device is studied with a pulsed input fundamental plane wave using the method of lines and the relaxation method. Several examples are given under varying spatial pulse length to device length ratios. An approximate upper bound on the device length is established from this study for practical pulsed applications; the largest usable length is approximately the same as the spatial length of the pulse.