Title :
Lighthouse ultrafast spectroscopy: High speed scanning with a spinning birefringent delay crystal
Author :
Wilson, Jesse ; Bartels, Randy A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
A simple method for high speed pump probe spectroscopy that maintains interferometric stability is presented. The lighthouse scanner demonstrates significant improvement ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy signal to noise level by averaging large number of scans.
Keywords :
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; nonlinear optics; optical noise; optical pumping; optical scanners; spectroscopy; high speed pump probe spectroscopy; high speed scanning; interferometric stability; lighthouse scanner; signal-to-noise level; spinning birefringent delay crystal; ultrafast nonlinear lighthouse spectroscopy; Crystals; Delay; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Probes; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
