ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
We have developed a low-cost rapid-scanning autocorrelator which enables us to monitor picosecond optical pulses up to almost 100 ps. To achieve wide-scan range, each arm of a Michelson-type interferometer is scanned 180° out of phase by using audio speakers, and also only one-half of a full autocorrelation waveform of the pulses is observed. The present apparatus is usefully used to measure about 80-ps pulses generated from a cw mode-locked Nd:YAG laser.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1139531
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