Compression of YAG mode-locked optical pulses and its application in microwave measurements

Abstract

The optical pulses from a cw mode-locked Nd:YAG laser are compressed from 100ps down to 3ps by using a single -mode optical fiber and a grating dispersion delay line. The compressed pulses are successfully used to detect the standing-wave in GaAs CPW (coplanar waveguide) in utilizing the electro-optical probing technique.