Ultrafast optical image processing based on third-harmonic generation in organic thin films

Canek Fuentes-Hernandez; Shuo Yen Tseng; Daniel Owens; Bernard Kippelen

doi:10.1063/1.2790826

Ultrafast optical image processing based on third-harmonic generation in organic thin films

Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, Shuo Yen Tseng, Daniel Owens, Bernard Kippelen

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We report on the use of the noncollinear third-harmonic generation in an amorphous polymer film operating in the eye safe and telecommunication compatible near-infrared range to perform ultrafast all-optical two-dimensional (2D) image processing at 1550 nm using 100 fs pulses. The background-free and nondegenerate outputs at 517 nm are easily spatially filtered and detected with low cost electronic components. We describe this Fourier transform based technique and demonstrate its application to the classical problem of 2D image recognition.

Original language	English
Article number	131110
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	91
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2790826
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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