Title :
Contrast measurement of ultra-short laser pulses
Author :
Zhang, Fuling ; Ouyang, Xiaoping ; Xie, Xinglong ; Yang, Qingwei ; Guo, Ailin ; Bi, Qunyu ; Sun, Meizhi ; Lin, Zunqi
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
The contrast measurements of ultra-short laser pulses from a typical Ti:Sapphire oscillator have been performed using homemade second- and third-order correlator respectively. The two correlators were all demonstrated a dynamic range of 108.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical correlation; oscillators; sapphire; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; optical oscillator; second-order correlator; third-order correlator; ultrashort laser pulse contrast measurement; Correlators; Dynamic range; Frequency; Laser beam cutting; Lenses; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power harmonic filters; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; contrast measurement; nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292404
