Title :
High Time-Resolved Three-Dimensional Imaging Using Ultrafast Optical Kerr Gate of Bismuth Glass
Author :
Tan, Wenjiang ; Tong, Junyi ; Si, Jinhai ; Yang, Yi ; Yi, Wenhui ; Chen, Feng ; Hou, Xun
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. for Phys. Electron. & Devices, Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´´an, China
fDate :
4/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have demonstrated the high time-resolved three dimensional (3-D) imaging using a chirped supercontinuum (SC) and an ultrafast optical Kerr gate (OKG) generated with a femtosecond laser, in which a sapphire plate and a Bi2O3-B2O3-SiO2 oxide glass (BI glass) were used to generate the chirped SC and the optical Kerr gate, respectively. The experimental results show that the 3-D imaging using BI glass offers better temporal and longitudinal spatial resolution compared with CS2.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; boron compounds; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical Kerr effect; sapphire; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; BI glass; Bi2O3-B2O3-SiO2; bismuth glass; chirped supercontinuum; femtosecond laser; longitudinal spatial resolution; oxide glass; sapphire plate; temporal spatial resolution; time-resolved three-dimensional imaging; ultrafast optical Kerr gate; Bismuth; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics; Bismuth compounds; nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2011.2109704
