Apparatus and method for characterizing ultrafast polarization varying optical pulses

Patent · Tue Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:678606

Smirl, A; Trebino, R P

Practical techniques are described for characterizing ultrafast potentially ultraweak, ultrashort optical pulses. The techniques are particularly suited to the measurement of signals from nonlinear optical materials characterization experiments, whose signals are generally too weak for full characterization using conventional techniques. 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• Assignee: SNL; SCA: 440600; PA: EDB-99:085769; SN: 99002124520
• Patent Number(s): US 5,936,732/A/
• Application Number: PAN: 8-899,968
• OSTI ID: 678606
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 10 Aug 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
VISIBLE RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
NONLINEAR OPTICS
MEASURING METHODS