FREE-ELECTRON LASER-INDUCED 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION IN HG1-XCDXTE

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BURGHOORN, J [1 ]
ANDEREGG, VF [1 ]
KLAASSEN, TO [1 ]
WENCKEBACH, WT [1 ]
BAKKER, RJ [1 ]
VANDERMEER, AFG [1 ]
OEPTS, D [1 ]
VANAMERSFOORT, PW [1 ]
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[1] FOM,ASSOCIAT EURATOM,INST PLASMA PHYS RIJNHUIZEN,3439 MN NIEUWEGEIN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1063/1.108230
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The powerful output of FELIX, the recently built Rijnhuizen free-electron laser, is used for the first frequency dependent study of nonlinear optical excitation of Hg1-xCdxTe in the far-infrared spectral region. Two-photon interband absorption has been investigated as a function of power and wavelength from 20 to 40 mum. This nonlinear optical absorption is used to perform autocorrelation experiments yielding the length of the micropulses of the free-electron laser on a femtosecond time scale. The predicted dependence of the micropulse length on the synchronization between optical and electron pulses in the laser cavity is observed.
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