Title :
Single-shot interferometric correlator for ultrashort laser pulses based on nonlinear absorption in a silicon CCD
Author :
Panasenko, Dmitriy ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present an experimental setup capable of performing single-shot interferometric correlation of infrared femtosecond pulses using two-photon conductivity in a standard silicon CCD. We demonstrate the operation of the apparatus using 100 fsec pulses from the optical parametric amplifier (OPA) operating at 1.4 μm
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; infrared detectors; light interferometry; optical correlation; optical parametric amplifiers; 1.4 micron; 100 fs; Si; fsec pulses; infrared femtosecond pulses; interferometric correlation; nonlinear absorption; optical parametric amplifier; silicon CCD; single-shot interferometric correlator; standard silicon CCD; two-photon conductivity; ultrashort laser pulses; Charge coupled devices; Conductivity; Correlators; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969084
