Direct autocorrelation measurements of mid-infrared picosecond pulses by quantum-well devices

Opt Lett. 1995 Sep 15;20(18):1886-8. doi: 10.1364/ol.20.001886.

Abstract

We report the direct autocorrelation of ultrashort mid-infrared laser pulses, using an unbiased GaAsy/GaAlAs quantum-well device as a nonlinear photovoltaic medium. Using this method, we autocorrelate ultrashort (3-ps) low-energy (~500-nJ) pulses of 10.6-microm light. This approach should permit the autocorrelation of subpicosecond infrared pulses.