Title :
FROG measurements of ultracomplex and ultraweak ultrashort pulses
Author :
Cao, Qiung ; Shreenath, Aparna ; Link, Stephan ; Xun Gun ; Zhang, Jing-yuan ; Zeek, Erik ; Kimmel, Mark ; Trebino, Rick ; El-Sayed, Mostafa
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
This work extends the frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) technique to the measurement of ultracomplex (supercontinuum) and ultraweak light pulses. Use of FROG for ultracomplex pulses simply requires sufficient bandwidth, which is achieved by angle-dithering a nonlinear crystal.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical variables measurement; FROG measurements; angle-dithering; bioluminescence; frequency-resolved optical gating; nonlinear crystal; ultracomplex pulses; ultrashort pulses; ultraweak pulses; Biomedical optical imaging; Frequency; Luminescence; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314019
