400-HZ MECHANICAL SCANNING OPTICAL DELAY-LINE

被引:97
作者
KWONG, KF
YANKELEVICH, D
CHU, KC
HERITAGE, JP
DIENES, A
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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10.1364/OL.18.000558
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have developed a simple, high-speed, nearly vibration-free, mechanically scanned, optical delay line suitable for femtosecond time-resolved signal-averaging measurements. We demonstrate a 2-ps time window autocorrelator with a display updated at 400 Hz. The delay line uses a dithering planar mirror as a time-varying linear phase ramp in the spectral plane of a modified grating-lens femtosecond pulse shaper. The time delay is linearly proportional to the angular deviation of the mirror. The high speed and low vibration are a result of the extremely small angular changes required to generate a large time delay.
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页码:558 / 560
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