Title :
Highly sensitive interferometric autocorrelator using Si avalanche photodiode as two-photon absorber
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
fDate :
1/8/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author has developed a highly sensitive interferometric autocorrelator, with 2mW2 sensitivity at a wavelength of 1.55 μm, which uses a an Si avalanche photodiode as a two-photon absorber. The pulse width and chirp of pulses with low peak power, which are generated from an actively mode-locked semiconductor laser, are measured by using the newly developed autocorrelator
Keywords :
Michelson interferometers; avalanche photodiodes; correlators; optical correlation; optical variables measurement; 1.55 micron; Si; Si avalanche photodiode; actively mode-locked semiconductor laser; high sensitivity device; interferometric autocorrelator; optical pulse measurements; two-photon absorber;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980008
