Multifunctional optical correlator for picosecond ultraviolet laser pulse measurement

Abdurahim Rakhman; Yang Wang; Frances Garcia; Cary Long; Chunning Huang; Yasuhiro Takeda; Yun Liu

doi:10.1364/AO.53.007603

Multifunctional optical correlator for picosecond ultraviolet laser pulse measurement

Abdurahim Rakhman
, Yang Wang
, Frances Garcia
, Cary Long
, Chunning Huang
, Yasuhiro Takeda
, Yun Liu

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A compact multifunctional optical correlator system for pulse width measurement of ultrashort ultraviolet (UV) pulses has been designed and experimentally demonstrated. Both autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions are measured using a single nonlinear crystal, and the switching between two measurements requires no adjustment of phase matching and detector. The system can measure UV pulse widths from sub-picoseconds to 100 ps, and it involves no auxiliary pulse in the measurement. The measurement results on a burst-mode picosecond UV laser show a high-quality performance on speed, accuracy, resolution, and dynamic range. The proposed correlator can be applied to measure any ultrashort UV pulses produced through sum-frequency generation or second-harmonic generation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7603-7609
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	53
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.53.007603
State	Published - Nov 1 2014

Funding

This work has been partially supported by U.S. DOE grant DE-FG02-13ER41967. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy. We thank A. Aleksandrov and S. Cousineau for their support. Technical help from J. Diamond, S. Murray III, and A. Webster is acknowledged. Y. Wang acknowledges support from the DOE Higher Education Research Experiences (HERE) program. This work has been partially supported by U.S. DOE grant DE-FG02-13ER41967. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy.

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