Broad-band and ultrasensitive pulse characterization using frequency-resolved optical gating via four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier
- 27 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 17 (1) , 157-159
- https://doi.org/10.1109/lpt.2004.837743
Abstract
We present a frequency-resolved optical gating geometry permitting the characterization of 1-mW average power 2.5-ps pulses over the whole C-band at 10-GHz repetition rate. This represents an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity over other reported self-referenced characterization techniques. Measurements of pulses from an actively mode-locked fiber laser are reported.Keywords
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