Title :
Wide Temporal Coverage Spectral Shearing Interferometer with a Dual Frequency Mixer
Author :
Tomita, Hitoshi ; Nishioka, Hajime
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu
Abstract :
We have proposed a replica-free spectral shearing interferometer with a dual frequency local oscillator that warrants fixed frequency shift and wide temporal coverage. We applied this technique to characterize few-cycle and several-ps optical pulses.
Keywords :
light interferometers; mixers (circuits); dual frequency local oscillator; dual frequency mixer; optical pulses; replica-free spectral shearing interferometer; wide temporal coverage spectral shearing interferometer; Band pass filters; Chirp; Frequency; Local oscillators; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Shearing; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382671