Title :
Characterization of ultrashort laser pulses with a terahertz streak camera
Author :
Schubert, O. ; Riek, C. ; Junginger, F. ; Sell, A. ; Leitenstorfer, A. ; Huber, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Center for Appl. Photonics, Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Abstract :
We introduce a novel streaking scheme based on electro-optic detection of terahertz (THz) transients to characterize optical pulses with ultrabroad bandwidths, directly in the time domain. This principle may readily be extended towards spectral widths of multiple optical octaves.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; high-speed optical techniques; streak cameras; terahertz wave detectors; electro-optic detection; optical pulses; terahertz streak camera; terahertz transients; ultrabroad bandwidths; ultrashort laser pulses; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942891
