Accurate Characterization of Free Carrier Refraction in InP (Postprint)
Abstract
Using recently published results of intrinsic and free carrier nonlinear absorption coefficients in InP, nonlinear refraction was investigated at 1.064 micrometers using nanosecond duration lasers to characterize refraction from generated free carriers. A phase retrieval algorithm was implemented to determine the amplitude and phase profiles of the incident beam. Accurate spatial and temporal profiles of the incident field were used to model nonlinear propagation through and beyond the sample. With the sample held fixed at focus and the incident energy increased, images of the transmitted beam a fixed distance away were recorded as a function of irradiance. Excellent agreement was observed between recorded beam images and those generated from the numerical model.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA517850
Entities
People
- Leonel P. Gonzalez
- Shekhar Guha
- Srinivasan Krishnamurthy
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory