DocumentCode
2241108
Title
Characterizing ultrashort pulses one photon at a time
Author
Schwartz, Osip ; Raz, Oren ; Katz, Ori ; Dudovich, Nirit ; Oron, Dan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A linear self-referenced technique for temporal characterization of ultraweak pulse trains is presented. Shot-noise limited time-resolved single photon detection enables temporal resolution down to 10fs for pulse trains with ~ 1 photon per pulse.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; photodetectors; photon counting; shot noise; linear self-referenced technique; shot-noise limited time-resolved single photon detection; temporal resolution; ultrashort pulses; ultraweak pulse trains; Delay; Detectors; Nonlinear optics; Optical sensors; Photonics; Signal detection; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950655
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