High Time-Resolved Three-Dimensional Imaging Using Ultrafast Optical Kerr Gate of Bismuth Glass

We have demonstrated the high time-resolved three dimensional (3-D) imaging using a chirped supercontinuum (SC) and an ultrafast optical Kerr gate (OKG) generated with a femtosecond laser, in which a sapphire plate and a Bi 2 O 3 -B 2 O 3 -SiO 2 oxide glass (BI glass) were used to generate the chirp...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2011-04, Vol.23 (8), p.471-473
Main Authors: Tan, Wenjiang, Tong, Junyi, Si, Jinhai, Yang, Yi, Yi, Wenhui, Chen, Feng, Hou, Xun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bismuth
Bismuth compounds
Glass
Nonlinear optics
Optical imaging
optical Kerr effect
Optical pulses
Ultrafast optics
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Summary:We have demonstrated the high time-resolved three dimensional (3-D) imaging using a chirped supercontinuum (SC) and an ultrafast optical Kerr gate (OKG) generated with a femtosecond laser, in which a sapphire plate and a Bi 2 O 3 -B 2 O 3 -SiO 2 oxide glass (BI glass) were used to generate the chirped SC and the optical Kerr gate, respectively. The experimental results show that the 3-D imaging using BI glass offers better temporal and longitudinal spatial resolution compared with CS 2 .
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2011.2109704