Title :
Characterization of optical nonlinearity in photodiodes by crossed polarized autocorrelation
Author :
Santran, Stéphane ; Martínez-Rosas, Miguel E. ; Canioni, Lionel ; Sarger, Lament
Author_Institution :
CPMOH, Bordeaux I Univ., Talence, France
Abstract :
An autocorrelator-like set up is proposed to characterize optical nonlinear effects in a photodiode. Experimental results are confronted with theoretical analysis at second and third orders, justifying two photon absorption use in auto-correlators.
Keywords :
light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical correlation; optical materials; photodiodes; two-photon processes; crossed polarized autocorrelation; optical nonlinear effects; optical nonlinearity; photodiodes; two photon absorption; Absorption; Autocorrelation; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical saturation; Photoconductivity; Photodiodes; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
