Ultrasensitive direct-field retrieval of femtosecond pulses by modified interferometric field autocorrelation.
We report on spectral phase retrieval of 50 MHz, 374 fs optical pulses at 1560 nm with 28 aJ coupled pulse energy by measuring two modified interferometric field autocorrelation traces using a 5-cm-long periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide. The corresponding sensitivity is 1.1x10(-7) mW(2), improving on the previous record by about 20 times. The same data traces can also be used to retrieve the power spectrum, given that the ratio of powers at two specific wavelengths is known.
Yang
Shang-Da
SD
Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan. shangda@ee.nthu.edu.tw
Hsu
Chen-Shao
CS
Lin
Shih-Lun
SL
Lin
You-Sheng
YS
Langrock
Carsten
C
Fejer
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