LASER-EXCITED NONLINEAR PROPERTIES OF BAF2 AND ITS APPLICATION IN A SINGLE-SHOT SPATIALLY INSENSITIVE AUTOCORRELATOR

Authors
OSVAY K ROSS IN HOOKER CJ LISTER JMD
Citation
K. Osvay et al., LASER-EXCITED NONLINEAR PROPERTIES OF BAF2 AND ITS APPLICATION IN A SINGLE-SHOT SPATIALLY INSENSITIVE AUTOCORRELATOR, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 59(3), 1994, pp. 361-365
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
59
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
361 - 365
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1994)59:3<361:LNPOBA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A detailed investigation of laser-generated nonlinear processes of und oped barium fluoride is presented including two-photon-excited exciton fluorescence, color-center formation and damage-threshold measurement s. A single-shoit autocorrelator based on two-photon fluorescence of B aF2 was constructed to measure the phase and amplitude of pulses provi ded by large apeture excimer lasers. The capabilities of the autocorre lator are demonstrated at 248 nm and 268 nm with pulses in the regime of 100 fs to 10 ps.