Title :
Nanoprobe-based characterization of femtosecond laser pulses
Author :
Haifeng Li ; Jia, Yaoshun ; Xu, Qian ; Xu, Yong ; Wu, Jian ; Eklund, Peter C. ; Liu, Zhiwen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
We propose and develop a nanoprobe-based technique for characterizing femtosecond laser pulses. A preliminary demonstration based on the measurement of the interferometric autocorrelation trace through two-photon fluorescence from a nonlinear nanoprobe is reported.
Keywords :
fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser variables measurement; light interferometry; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical correlation; probes; two-photon processes; femtosecond laser pulses; interferometric autocorrelation trace measurement; nanoprobe-based characterization; nonlinear nanoprobe; two-photon fluorescence; Autocorrelation; Fluorescence; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical microscopy; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Scanning electron microscopy; Ultrafast optics; Zinc compounds; 310.6628 Subwavelength structures, nanostructures; 320.7100 Ultrafast measurements; 320.7110 Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
