Measuring the coherence length of mode-locked laser pulses in real time
- 5 February 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 56 (6) , 521-523
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102755
Abstract
We demonstrate a new technique for displaying the electric field autocorrelation function of a laser pulse in real time, using two-beam coupling in a photorefractive crystal. This technique does not require phasematching, is simple to align, and can be used over the entire visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum, even with weak laser beams.Keywords
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