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Figure 3.9: Schematic <strong>of</strong> the autocorrelator. BS is a beam 50/50 splitter. ~I is a<br />

mirror, KDP is the phased matched nonlinear crystal, I is an iris, <strong>and</strong> F is a short<br />

pass filter which filters out any residual fundamental light.<br />

3.4 Autocorrelation<br />

Cnlike a dye pumped Nd:YAG laser, the pulse length <strong>of</strong> the Ti:AI 2 0 3 laser changes as<br />

a function <strong>of</strong> wavelength <strong>and</strong> the laser cavity alignment. In order to fully characterize<br />

the Ti:AI 2 0 3 pulse <strong>and</strong> optimize laser operation, we built an autocorrelator to measure<br />

the sub-picosecond laser pulse.<br />

Fig. 3.9 displays the optical setup <strong>of</strong> the autocorrelator. The autocorrelator is es-<br />

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