Picosecond optical pulse measurement based on an electro-optic sampling technique

Author

Endo, Michiyuki ; Inoue, Takemi ; Honda, Tatsutoku

Author_Institution

Electrotech. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

565

Lastpage

568

Abstract

Ultrafast single-shot optical pulse waveform measurement has been investigated by an electrooptic sampling technique. A traveling-wave Pockels cell crystal driven by an ultrafast photoconductive switch was employed as a sampler. An optical pulse compression system following a pulsed Nd-YAG laser was used as a sampling probe pulse generator. Basic experiments of the sampling were performed and the temporal resolution was found to be 18 ps

Keywords

Pockels effect; high-speed optical techniques; measurement by laser beam; neodymium; optical variables measurement; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; electro-optic sampling; optical pulse compression; picosecond optical pulse measurement; sampling probe pulse generator; single-shot optical pulse waveform measurement; traveling-wave Pockels cell crystal; ultrafast optical measurement; ultrafast photoconductive switch; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Photoconductivity; Probes; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Sampling methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.192348

Filename

192348