Title :
400-photon-per-pulse ultrashort pulse autocorrelation measurement with aperiodically poled lithium niobate waveguides at 1.55 /spl mu/m
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 demonstrate accurate ultrashort pulse autocorrelation measurements for coupled energy of 52 aJ per pulse using aperiodically poled lithium niobate waveguides. The corresponding sensitivity is 3.2/spl times/10/sup -7/ mW/sup 2/, about 500 times better than the previous record.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; 1.55 mum; 400-photon-per-pulse ultrashort pulse autocorrelation measurement; 52 aJ; LiNbO/sub 3/; aperiodically poled lithium niobate waveguides; coupled energy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
