• 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