Title :
Use of sequence of “chirped” femtosecond pulses for measurement of small surface displacements
Author :
Baklanov, E.V. ; Chepurov, S.V. ; Denisov, V.I. ; Kuznetsov, S.A. ; Pivtsov, V.S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Phys., SB RAS, Novosibirsk
Abstract :
The results of experimental measurement of small surface oscillations using a femto-second laser are presented. Itpsilas shown that the use of ldquochirpedrdquo pulses allows to reduce the contribution of correlated noise to the signal-to-noise ratio.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; displacement measurement; high-speed optical techniques; chirped femtosecond pulses; correlated noise; signal-to-noise ratio; small surface displacement measurement; small surface oscillations; Chirp; Displacement measurement; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical surface waves; Pulse measurements; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627910
