PICOSECOND LIGHT PULSE DISPLAY USING TWO DIFFERENT OPTICAL FREQUENCIES Academic Article

abstract

• A new technique for the display and measurement of picosecond light pulses is demonstrated. Two picosecond pulses, of different optical frequencies, are sent on a collision course in a liquid. They produce strong two-photon fluorescence only in the region where they overlap. This results in the direct display of the pulse shapes over a very weak background. In a different arrangement, the two pulses enter the liquid collinearly and simultaneously, and initially generate strong two-photon fluorescence. Subsequently, as the pulses propagate through the liquid, dispersion causes one pulse to overtake the other and the two-photon fluorescence diminishes. This results in a magnified display of the pulses. 1967 The American Institute of Physics.

authors

• Rentzepis, Peter

published proceedings

• Applied Physics Letters

author list (cited authors)

• Rentzepis, P. M., & Duguay, M. A.

citation count

• 82

complete list of authors

• Rentzepis, PM||Duguay, MA

publication date

• October 1967

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Applied Physics Letters  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.1755106

start page

• 218

end page

• 220

volume

• 11

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1755106