DIRECT AUTOCORRELATION MEASUREMENTS OF MIDINFRARED PICOSECOND PULSES BY QUANTUM-WELL DEVICES

Authors
ZAVRIYEV A DUPONT E CORKUM PB LIU HC BIGLOV Z
Citation
A. Zavriyev et al., DIRECT AUTOCORRELATION MEASUREMENTS OF MIDINFRARED PICOSECOND PULSES BY QUANTUM-WELL DEVICES, Optics letters, 20(18), 1995, pp. 1886-1888
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
18
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1886 - 1888
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:18<1886:DAMOMP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report the direct autocorrelation of ultrashort mid-infrared laser pulses, using an unbiased GaAs/GaAlAs quantum-well device as a nonline ar photovoltaic medium. Using this method, we autocorrelate ultrashort (3-ps) low-energy (similar to 500-nJ) pulses of 10.6-mu m light. This approach should permit the autocorrelation of subpicosecond infrared pulses. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America