Autocorrelation and phase retrieval in the UV using two-photon absorption in diamond pin photodiodes

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 6945-6956

  Kleimeier, Nils Fabian ^a   Haarlammert, Thorben ^a   Witte, Henrik ^a   Schühte, Udo ^b   Hochedez, Jean Francois ^c   Benmoussa, Ali ^c,d   Zacharias, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^d Solar Terrestrial Center of Excellence (STCE)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CORRELATION DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BAND GAPS; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; FREE CARRIERS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; PHASE RETRIEVAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODES; PIN PHOTODIODE; PULSE ENERGIES; SECOND AND THIRD HARMONICS; SECOND ORDERS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; TWO PHOTON; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS;

DIAMONDS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; TITANIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; PHOTON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; LASERS; LIGHT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77950229194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.006945     Document Type: Article

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