HIGH-SENSITIVITY AUTOCORRELATION USING 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION IN INGAASP WAVE-GUIDES

被引:24
作者
TSANG, HK [1 ]
CHAN, LY [1 ]
SOOLE, JBD [1 ]
LEBLANC, HP [1 ]
KOZA, MA [1 ]
BHAT, R [1 ]
机构
[1] BELLCORE,RED BANK,NJ 07701
关键词
NONLINEAR OPTICS; INGAASP WAVE-GUIDES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19951185
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An InGaAsP optical waveguide has been used as a combined nonlinear mixer and detector in an autocorrelator for measuring the pulse width of 1.5 mu m wavelength optical pulses. Two-photon absorption in the waveguide provided an autocorrelation current at average-power peak-power products as low as 0.08(mW)(2), thus giving >1 orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity compared to conventional autocorrelators.
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页码:1773 / 1775
页数:3
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