Temporal characterization of compressor-controlled chirped pulses from a CPA Ti:sapphire laser

Author

Kyung-Han Hong ; Yong Moon Kang ; Yong Ho Cha ; Jung-Hoon Kim ; Chang Hee Nam

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., KAIST, Taejon, South Korea

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Compressor-controlled chirped pulses from a chirped pulse amplification Ti:sapphire laser were characterized in detail using the frequency-resolved optical gating technique, and their phase characteristics and pulse duration were quantitatively analyzed. The analysis of chirped pulses in the time-frequency domain was performed using the Wigner distribution, which clearly showed the evolution of the spectral structure in time.

Keywords

Wigner distribution; chirp modulation; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse compression; solid lasers; time-frequency analysis; titanium; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Ti:sapphire laser; Wigner distribution; chirped pulse amplification; compressor-controlled chirped pulses; frequency-resolved optical gating; group delay dispersion; phase characteristics; pulse broadening; pulse duration; pulse stretcher; second-harmonic-generation; temporal characterization; time-frequency domain; Chemical lasers; Chirp; Gratings; Optical control; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Time frequency analysis; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967739

Filename

967739