Title :
Complete characterization of fiber laser pulses using real-time spectral interferometry
Author :
Berger, Naum K. ; Levit, Boris ; Smulaovsky, V. ; Fischer, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present a method for complete pulse characterization by frequency-to-time conversion. A demonstration is done with a conventional photodetector and an oscilloscope, measuring time scale stretched pulses of /spl sim/1 ps duration from a mode-locked fiber laser.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser variables measurement; light interferometry; optical pulse generation; oscilloscopes; photodetectors; pulse measurement; fiber laser pulses; frequency-to-time conversion; mode-locked fiber laser; oscilloscope; photodetector; pulse characterization; real-time spectral interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
