Title :
Ultra-sensitive second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating at 1.55 μm by aperiodically poled lithium niobate waveguides
Author :
Yang, S.-D. ; Weiner, A.M. ; Parameswaran, K.R. ; Fejer, M.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We report ultrashort pulse measurement by second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating with 124-aJ coupled pulse energy using aperiodically poled lithium niobate waveguides. The sensitivity (2.7 × 10-6 mW2) exceeds previous record by 5 orders of magnitude.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; 1.55 mum; 124 aJ; LiNbO3; aperiodically poled lithium niobate waveguides; frequency-resolved optical gating; second-harmonic generation; sensitivity; ultrasensitive harmonic generation; ultrashort pulse measurement; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202288