Abstract:
An SHG autocorrelator for use in measuring the duration of an ultrashort pulse of light includes in one embodiment a thin pellicle beamsplitter for splitting the pulse of light into first and second beams, a stationary optical delay disposed along the path of the first beam, a movable optical delay disposed along the path of the second beam, a thin SHG crystal, a concave mirror for bringing the first and second beams to focus into the SHG crystal, a photodetector for detecting light emitted from the SHG crystal, and a narrow bandpass filter in front of the photodetector for filtering out non second harmonic light. The device reduces time broadening and delay of ultrashort pulses in the femtosecond time domain.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for measuring ultrashort optical pulses is described. Pulse waveforms to be measured are the type which vary at high speed in a time close to or less than the response time of an optical detector. Changes of optical wavelength or frequency are measured at various sections of that pulse. The light to be measured is split into two beams, and recombined after provided with different delay times, respectively. The combined light is caused to enter a doubling crystal to generate a second-harmonic light, and the second-harmonic light component, or both the second-harmonic and fundamental components, is measured. The intensity shape and chirping of the pulses is obtained from the changes in the intensity of these components as a function of delay time difference by Fourier analysis including iterative arithmetic operations.
Abstract:
A system for measuring laser pulse durations in the range of ten nanoseconds to one femtosecond to an accuracy of one femtosecond, includes a primary pulse sampler, a ten component beam splitter array, optical delay lines whose settings are microprocessor controlled, a ten section interaction chamber with ten sets of ion detectors and a pulse envelope and pulse energy display monitors. The system has applications in chemistry, calibration of fast timing circuits and in the development of short pulse lasers.
Abstract:
Pulses from a laser pulse train are detected and square wave shaped to trigger a first flip-flop in which one complementary output activating one input of a display comprising an array of light emitting diodes while the other output triggers a NOR gate and a second flip-flop, one complementary output thereof feeding a second input of the display with the other complementary output feeding the NOR gate which then feeds back to inhibit the first flip-flop. The square wave also activates a third flip-flop with one cpmplementary output thereof enabling a NOR gate for passing clock pulses which are decade divided and displayed on light emitting diode arrays. The other output of the third flip-flop feeds a pair of cross coupled NOR gates acting as a flip-flop, the output thereof being fed back to inhibit the third flipflop.
Abstract:
A method of and apparatus for the measurement of duration of ultrashort pulses of monochromatic polarized light, such as laser pulses. The method comprises splitting the polarized light beam into two identical beams; causing the two split beams to travel through the same optical path and to interfere on a photocathode comprising a thin metal layer disposed in vacuo, the energy required to detach the electrons from the layer being greater than the energy of the incident light photons; producing an image of the multiphotonic interaction zone obtained on the photocathode by means of electrons detached from the photocathode by a multiphotonic process in response to photons in coincidence from the two split light pulse therefrom. The apparatus is appropriate for carrying out the method.
Abstract:
The present document discloses a method for measuring the carrier-envelope phase, CEP, offset of ultrashort light pulses, the method comprising: generating an optical interference signal encoding the CEP offset of a light pulse to be measured; applying at least two spectral filters in parallel to the generated interference signal, wherein the transmission functions of the spectral filters are periodic and the at least two spectral filters have partial or fully orthogonal components among themselves; detecting each signal filtered by each of the at least two spectral filters to obtain a magnitude for each of the filtered signals; converting the two obtained magnitudes to a polar representation having a radius and an angle; outputting the CEP offset from the angle of the converted polar representation. It is also disclosed a corresponding system, a field-resolved spectrometer including the system and the use of the system in spectroscopy or in field-resolved spectroscopy.
Abstract:
Receiving antenna (1) for terahertz radiation (30), comprising an antenna conductor (2) and a first photoconductor (3) connected to the antenna conductor (2) and activatable by light (9), the first photoconductor (3) allowing, in an activated state, an antenna current (28) flowing through the antenna conductor (2) and the first photoconductor (3), characterized in that the receiving antenna (1) comprises at least one second photoconductor (4) connected to the antenna conductor (2) and activatable by light (9), the second photoconductor connected in parallel with the first photoconductor (3) and, in an activated state, allowing an antenna current (28) flowing through the antenna conductor (2) and the second photoconductor (4), wherein at least one respective high-pass filter (8) is connected between each of the photoconductors (3, 4) and the antenna conductor (2). The invention further relates to a receiver for terahertz radiation (30), a terahertz system, and a method for generating and detecting terahertz radiation (30) using such a terahertz system.
Abstract:
An optical pulse measuring method measuring an optical pulse generated from a pulse light source is provided. The method includes: splitting the optical pulse and then focusing them at a measuring point, so as to generate gas plasma by the autocorrelation of the split optical pulses; receiving the sound signal from the gas plasma and generate a plasma sound signal; and using the plasma sound signal to calculate the characteristics of the optical pulse. A measuring device is also provided.
Abstract:
An electronic device with an auxiliary lighting function and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first body, a display screen, and a light-emitting module. The first body has a first surface. The first surface includes a screen area and a border area. The border area surrounds the screen area. The display screen is disposed in the screen area of the first body. The light-emitting module is disposed in the border area of the first body. The light-emitting module provides an illumination light in at least one first area of the border area, and provides an indicating light in at least one second area of the border area.
Abstract:
In a waveform measurement method, first, initial pulsed light is spatially dispersed for respective wavelengths. Next, the initial pulsed light is input to a polarization dependent type SLM in a state where a polarization plane is inclined with respect to a modulation axis direction, and a phase spectrum of a first polarization component of the initial pulsed light along the modulation axis direction is modulated, to cause a time difference between first pulsed light Lp1 including the first polarization component and second pulsed light Lp2 including a second polarization component orthogonal to the first polarization component. After combining the wavelength components, an object is irradiated with the pulsed light Lp1 and the pulsed light Lp2, and light generated in the object is detected. The above detection operation is performed while changing the time difference, and a temporal waveform of the pulsed light Lp1 is obtained.