DocumentCode
412487
Title
Measuring ultraweak, broadband, spatially incoherent ultrashort pulses using optical-parametric-amplification cross-correlation FROG
Author
Shreenath, Aparna P. ; Link, Stephan ; Kimmel, Mark ; Zeek, E. ; Trebino, Rick
Author_Institution
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We demonstrate a technique for measuring extremely weak, broadband, complex, and spatially incoherent pulses with random absolute phase (e.g., fluorescence). It uses the temporal gating, broad bandwidth, and high gain of noncollinear optical parametric amplification.
Keywords
fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; optical correlation; optical parametric amplifiers; pulse measurement; FROG; broad bandwidth; noncollinear optical parametric amplification; optical-parametric-amplification cross-correlation; random absolute phase; spatially incoherent ultrashort pulses; temporal gating; ultraweak pulse; Delay; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Phase measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298639
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