Title :
Feasibility of measuring phase relaxation time with subpicosecond pulses
Author_Institution :
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Techniques to determine the phase relaxation time of absorbing dye solutions are evaluated. It is shown that, contrary to a recent paper by Cho et al., transmission of low intensity pulses cannot yield information on the relaxation of broad-band absorbing transitions.
Keywords :
Dyes; Optical measurements; Relaxation processes; Absorption; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Liquids; Optical pulses; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Shape; Spectral analysis; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1980.1070364
