Measurement of the amplitude and phase of pulses from passively mode-locked lasers

Victor Wong; R. John Koshel; Mark Beck; Ian A. Walmsley

doi:10.1117/12.147044

17 June 1993 Measurement of the amplitude and phase of pulses from passively mode-locked lasers

Victor Wong, R. John Koshel, Mark Beck, Ian A. Walmsley

Proceedings Volume 1861, Ultrafast Pulse Generation and Spectroscopy; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147044
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The amplitude and phase of ultrashort optical pulses generated by modelocked lasers yield information about the physical mechanisms that shape the pulse inside the laser. The form of the electric field of pulses with a duration of several tens of femtoseconds can only be retrieved through indirect diagnostic techniques, however. A number of protocols for determining the pulse field envelope have been developed in the past several years and, in this paper, we discuss the application of two pulse measurement techniques, including a novel linear interferometric method, to the measurement of the pulses from a colliding pulse modelocked (CPM) dye laser and a self-modelocked Ti:Sapphire laser.

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Victor Wong, R. John Koshel, Mark Beck, and Ian A. Walmsley "Measurement of the amplitude and phase of pulses from passively mode-locked lasers", Proc. SPIE 1861, Ultrafast Pulse Generation and Spectroscopy, (17 June 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147044

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