• DocumentCode
    520641
  • Title

    Nonlinear index measurement by intracavity interferometry

  • Author

    Velten, A. ; Schmitt-Sody, A. ; Diels, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Intracavity Phase Interferometry is applied to the measurement of nonlinear indices with a sensitivity and accuracy outperforming the z-scan. The sample is placed in a mode-locked laser cavity in which two pulses circulate independently.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500229