Ultra-sensitive milliwatt peak power pulse characterization via wavelength conversion frequency resolved optical gating in optical fiber

Author

Lacourt, P.-A. ; Merolla, J.-M. ; Rhodes, W.T. ; Dudley, J.M. ; Porte, H. ; Goedgebuer, J.-P.

Author_Institution

GTL-CNRS Telecom, Metz, France

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report a new FROG geometry using wavelength conversion in optical fiber which has been used to characterize 1 mW peak power, 20 ps pulses from an unamplified semiconductor laser. We use a novel configuration whereby a pulsed pump is mixed with a CW signal to generate an idler We thus obtain an effective second-order nonlinear response that can be used to generate a FROG trace.

Keywords

Michelson interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; laser variables measurement; light interferometry; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; 1 mW; 20 ps; CW pump; CW signal; FROG geometry; FROG trace; demultiplexing; fibers; idler; optical wavelength conversion; pulsed pump; pulsed signal; sampling; second-order nonlinear response; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal generators; Signal resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033468

Filename

1033468