Abstract
We demonstrate a 4.6-to-1 modulation depth imposed on the fluence of an intense 1.06-μm picosecond pulse by varying the relative phase of a weak second-harmonic control pulse under near phase-matched conditions. This transistorlike action is based on quadratic nonlinearities in KTP.
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