MEASUREMENT OF ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PULSES WITH 2-PHOTON INTERFERENCE

被引:26
作者
MIYAMOTO, Y
KUGA, T
BABA, M
MATSUOKA, M
机构
[1] Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106
[2] Institute of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 153
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D O I
10.1364/OL.18.000900
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We introduce a new two-photon interference scheme for measurement of the coherence time and pulse width of ultrafast pulses. Experiments were performed with the output pulses of a cw mode-locked dye laser, with results in good agreement with the conventional second-harmonic autocorrelation measurement.
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页码:900 / 902
页数:3
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