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Imaging and Autocorrelation of Ultrafast Infrared Laser Pulses in the 3-11 υ Range With Silcon CCD Cameras and Photodiodes

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Author(s)

Kimberly A. Briggman, Lee J. Richter, John C. Stephenson

Abstract

Standard silicon photodiodes and CCD cameras are convenient and inexpensive alternatives to cryogenically cooled diodes or arrays for autocorrelation and imaging of ultrafast infrared (IR) laser pulses in the wavelength range 3-11 υ. The response of these Si devices to IR pulses of duration ~ 100fs is proportional to E^n, where E is the pulse energy and n is approximately the Si electronic bandgap divided by the photon energy.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
26
Issue
No. 4

Keywords

autocorrelation, CCD detectors, diodes, infrared, multiphoton absorption, silicon, sum-frequency generation, ultrafast lasers

Citation

Briggman, K. , Richter, L. and Stephenson, J. (2001), Imaging and Autocorrelation of Ultrafast Infrared Laser Pulses in the 3-11 υ Range With Silcon CCD Cameras and Photodiodes, Optics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=841452 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created February 15, 2001, Updated January 27, 2020
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