Frequently Asked Questions

The Rincon SS Single Shot Third-Order Cross-Correlator is specifically developed for measuring a wide array of output parameters from ultrafast laser systems including: contrast ratio of laser pulses, determining pulse pedestal, pre- and post-pulses, and amplified spontaneous emission in femtosecond systems.

A portion of the input pulse is converted to the second harmonic (SH) with a nonlinear crystal. A dichroic mirror reflects the SH and transmits the fundamental thus splitting the beam into the two arms of the cross- correlator. The fundamental beam arm includes a retro reflector and delay-line. After passing through the delay-line the fundamental is recombined with the SH and focused into a DKDP or BBO crystal (depending on the input pulse wavelength). Mixing the fundamental and SH pulses in the nonlinear crystal produces non-collinear third harmonic generation (TH). By filtering out the fundamental and SH frequencies, the TH can be isolated. Measuring the TH signal as a function of the optical delay between the fundamental and SH pulses gives the third order cross correlation function.

The temporal range of the Rincon SS Single Shot Third-Order Cross-Correlator is 950 ps.

The input power limit for the Rincon SS Single Shot Third-Order Cross-Correlator is <300 mW.

The resolution of the Rincon SS Single Shot Third-Order Cross-Correlator is 70 fs.

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