Title :
Two-photon absorption and self-phase modulation measurements with shaped femtosecond laser pulses
Author :
Fischer, Martin C. ; Ye, Tong ; Yurtsever, Gunay ; Miller, Anthony ; Ciocca, Maria ; Wagner, Wolfgang ; Warren, Warren S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally that phase sensitive detection of spectral hole refilling can yield information about self-phase modulation and two-photon absorption coefficients.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical pulse shaping; self-phase modulation; two-photon processes; femtosecond laser pulse; optical pulse shaping; phase sensitive detection; self-phase modulation measurement; spectral hole refilling; two-photon absorption coefficient; Absorption; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Shape measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201992