Title :
Temporal phase and amplitude reconstruction of picosecond pulses by all-optical differentiation and sampling
Author :
Scaffardi, Mirco ; Fresi, Francesco ; Park, Yongwoo ; Azana, José ; Potì, Luca
Author_Institution :
Consorzio Naz. Interuniversitario per le Telecomun., Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
A simple self-referenced technique for amplitude and phase characterisation of picosecond optical pulses is demonstrated. The method exploits all-optical differentiation and sampling. Phase is calculated just from two intensity measurements.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; intensity measurement; laser beams; optical variables measurement; intensity measurements; optical differentiation; optical sampling; picosecond optical pulses; self-referenced technique; temporal amplitude reconstruction; temporal phase reconstruction;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699064
