Determination of the duration of UV femtosecond pulses

Jean-François Ripoche (1) , Bernard Prade (1) , Michel A. Franco (1) , Georges Grillon (1) , Rudiger Lange (1) , André Mysyrowicz (1)

1 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée

We present a simple method, based on cross-phase modulation and spectral analysis, which yields the duration of femtosecond optical pulses. Experiments have been performed at different wavelengths ranging from the near infrared to the near ultraviolet.

Mots clés: ultrashort pulse; nonlinear optics

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Jean-François Ripoche, Bernard Prade, Michel A. Franco, Georges Grillon, Rudiger Lange, et al.. Determination of the duration of UV femtosecond pulses. Optics Communications, 1997, 134 (1), pp.165-170. ⟨10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00528-7⟩. ⟨hal-00465604⟩