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Lith. J. Phys. 45, 369–372 (2005)


SIMPLE ULTRASHORT LIGHT PULSE CHIRP MEASUREMENT DEVICE
V. Kabelka
Institute of Physics, Savanorių 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail: vidask@ktl.mii.lt

Received 10 October 2005

A simple device, Frequency Tracer (FT), for simultaneous measurement of ultrashort light pulse duration and chirp is presented. FT operation is based on the two-dimensional image analysis (time versus frequency) of the non-colinear secondharmonic autocorrelator beam, and FT enables one to evaluate the temporal phase variation over the femtosecond pulse duration. The spectral information of a fs pulse in FT originates from the angular divergence of a second-harmonic signal beam, and there is no need to use the spectral apparatus. Femtosecond pulses duration and chirp measurements of the Ti:sapphire laser system multi-pass amplifier (MPA) during adjustment of the compressor pair of gratings were made.
Keywords: ultrafast pulses, ultrafast measurements, nonlinear optics, temporal phase, optical device, correlators
PACS: 42.65.Re
The report presented at the 36th Lithuanian National Physics Conference, 16–18 June 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania


PAPRASTAS ULTRATRUMPŲJŲ ŠVIESOS IMPULSŲ TRUKMĖS IR FAZINIŲ CHARAKTERISTIKŲ MATAVIMO ĮRENGINYS
V. Kabelka
Fizikos institutas, Vilnius, Lietuva

Pasiūlytas ir eksperimentiškai išbandytas ultratrumpųjų šviesos impulsų trukmės ir fazinių charakteristikų matavimo būdas ir įrenginys, pagrįstas nekolinearios antros harmonikos spinduliuotės generavimu. Siūlomas būdas ir įrenginys pasižymi paprastumu: fazinių charakteristikų registravimui nereikalingas spektrinis prietaisas ir laikinės fazės iškraipymai šviesos impulso trukmėje yra tiesiogiai nustatomi iš vieno lazerio spinduliuotės blyksnio, nenaudojant sudėtingo matematinio apdorojimo. Matavimų metu laikinės fazės iškraipymai yra tiesiogiai susieti su laikine koordinate (nėra matavimų neapibrėžtumo), kas leidžia nustatyti laiko ašies kryptį impulso atžvilgiu.


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