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Two‐Photon Fluorescence Detects Ultrashort Pulses

SEP 01, 1967

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034484

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Light pulses shorter than picoseconds can now be directly displayed and measured, according to a group of Bell Telephone Laboratories scientists. Several techniques for generation and measurement of ultrashort, intense light pulses have been known for a number of months. But until now, the resolution limit of pulse‐duration measurements has been about 10−13sec. Joseph A. Giordmaine described for PHYSICS TODAY a technique that he, Peter M. Rentzepis, Stanley L. Shapiro and Kenneth W. Wecht have developed, which extends this resolution, they believe, below 10−14sec.

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Volume 20, Number 9

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