• DocumentCode
    2783505
  • Title

    Accurate contrast-ratio characterization of femtosecond and chirped picosecond pulses using the decorrelation of third-order correlation trace

  • Author

    Hong, Kyung-Han ; Sung, Jae Hee ; Yu, Tae Jun ; Choi, Il Woo ; Kim, Hyung Taek ; Noh, Young-Chul ; Ko, Do-Kyeong ; Lee, Jongmin

  • Author_Institution
    Femto Science Laboratory, Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST, 1 Oryong-dong Buk-gu Gwangju 500-712, Korea
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present the accurate characterization of the pulse contrast ratio using the decorrelation of high-dynamic-range third-order correlation traces. Experimental measurements with femtosecond and chirped picosecond pulses confirm the necessity of this method.
  • Keywords
    Chirp; Decorrelation; Gratings; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431084
  • Filename
    4431084