Simple method for reconstructing amplitude and phase of ultrashort optical pulse without autocorrelation measurements

Author

Matsuyama, Tetsuya ; Koyama, Shinji ; Wada, Kenji ; Horinaka, Hiromichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Electron., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A simple method for characterizing amplitude and phase of ultrashort optical pulses without autocorrelation measurements is proposed and examined, which is based on an iterative calculation using only those fundamental and second harmonic spectra.

Keywords

harmonics; high-speed optical techniques; optical information processing; signal reconstruction; amplitude reconstruction; fundamental spectra; gain switched pulse; inverse problem; iterative calculation; optical pulse reconstruction; phase reconstruction; phase retrieval; second harmonic spectra; ultrashort optical pulse; Autocorrelation; Diode lasers; Inverse problems; Iterative methods; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics; Gain-switched pulse; Inverse problem; Iterative calculation; Optical pulse reconstruction; Phase retrieve;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292594

Filename

5292594