Title :
Ultrafast temporal phase detection using thick nonlinear crystals
Author :
Cheng, Hsiang-Nan ; Chen, Chi-Cheng ; Yang, Shang-Da ; Langrock, Carsten ; Fejer, M.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrated that second-harmonic generation yield due to a thick nonlinear crystal is sensitive to temporal phase of ultrashort pulses, which could be useful in temporal chirp monitoring and ultrafast coherent communications.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Chirp; Nonlinear optical devices; Phase detection; Phase distortion; Phase modulation; Photonic crystals; Pulse amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
