Quadratic Spatial Soliton Generation By Seeded Down Conversion of a Strong Harmonic Pump Beam

M.T.G. Canva, R.A. Fuerst, S. Baboiu, G.I. Stegeman, and G. Assanto

Opt. Lett. 22, 1683-1685 (1997)

Abstract:

Two-dimensional quadratic spatial solitons were generated experimentally near phase-matching conditions for type II frequency doubling in KTP by the seeding of a strong second-harmonic field with a weak input at the fundamental wavelength. The self-trapped beams were shown to be insensitive to the energy, phase, and polarization of the fundamental-frequency seed input beam.