The temporal characteristics of picosecond and subpicosecond laser pulses have been investigated with a number of different techniques.12 Streak cameras provide the temporal profile of an optical pulse directly but are limited to a time resolution of -1 psec. The two-photon fluorescence method 3 using two counterpropagating replica pulses suffers from a one-pulse-induced background fluorescence...

Abstrad--Scalar measurements at 1.3 pm of high-speed ( > 20 GHz -3-dB optical bandwidth) photodetector transfer function magnitudes by swept frequency and short pulse (<3-ps FWHM) response techniques are presented and shown to be in excellent agreement to beyond 30 GHz. Scalar deconvolution is used to obtain photodetector response from the pulse response measurements with effects of the measure...

This paper presents a simple, low-cost, and novel technique for measuring the temporal pulse shape of a nanosecond laser pulse accurately and consistently. The measurement configuration consists of a focusing lens, a tapered rod, and a digital noise filter. Using this setup, the pulsewidth of a nitrogen laser has been determined experimentally. Compared with an unaided measurement configuration...

We report the development of a fast pulse polarimeter for the application to quantum non-demolition measurement of atomic spin (Spin QND). The developed system was tunable to the atomic resonance of ytterbium atom and has narrow laser linewidth suitable for spin QND. Using the developed polarimeter, we successfully demonstrated the measurement of the vacuum noise, with 10 to 10 photon number pe...

We introduce a bandwidth-unlimited, dispersion- and shear-self-calibrated, timing-jitter-free pulse measurement technique based on a quasi-linear temporal phase modulation in a gas weakly ionized by a long pump pulse. Results of a 5 fs pulse characterization are reported.

The cross-correlation single-shot sonogram technique offers exact pulse measurement and real-time pulse monitoring via an intuitive time-frequency trace whose shape and orientation directly indicate the spectral chirp of an ultrashort laser pulse. We demonstrate an algorithm that solves a fundamental limitation of the cross-correlation sonogram method, namely, that the time-gating operation is ...

A simple, economic and successful design for distance and cable length detection is presented. The measurement system is based on the continuous repetition of a pulse that endlessly travels along the distance to be detected. There is a pulse repeater at both ends of the distance or cable to be measured. The endless repetition of the pulse generates a frequency that varies almost inversely with ...

The principle for blood pressure measurement using pulse transit time is introduced in this paper. And the math model of synergetics theory is studied in detail .The synergetics theory is applied in the analysis of blood pressure measurement data. The simulation results show that the application of synergetics theory is helpful to judge the normal blood pressure, and the accuracy is up to 80%. ...

We show that a simple (few-element) arrangement for wavelength-multiplexed digital holography allows the measurement of the electric field E x ,y , t of a femtosecond laser pulse on a single shot. A slightly rotated twodimensional diffractive optical element and a variable-wavelength filter together generate multiple spectrally resolved digital holograms that are simultaneously captured in a si...