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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Rick P Trebino, Livermore, CA (US);
Thomas Tsang, Brooklyn, NY (US);
David N Fittinghoff, San Diego, CA (US);
John N Sweetser, Livermore, CA (US);
Marco A Krumbuegel, Danville, CA (US);
Sandia Corporation, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Practical third-order frequency-resolved optical grating (FROG) techniques for characterization of ultrashort optical pulses are disclosed. The techniques are particularly suited to the measurement of single and/or weak optical pulses having pulse durations in the picosecond and subpicosecond regime. The relative quantum inefficiency of third-order nonlinear optical effects is compensated for through i) use of phase-matched transient grating beam geometry to maximize interaction length, and ii) use of interface-enhanced third-harmonic generation.