Summer Research Group 2019:
Physics Graduate Students: Patrick Hemmer (left), and Nina Chowdhary (center left)
Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Graduate and Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Students: Fahmida Afrin (center right) and Samuel Castro Lucas (right)
Project: Construct intensity autocorrelation setup to measure the optical pulse of the frequency-doubled Nd: Vanadate at a wavelength of 532nm ~10 picosecond laser.
Image shows the constructed autocorrelation setup
The autocorrelation system performing a pulsewidth measurement of the 532nm laser
The autocorrelation plot generated using LabView showing an autocorrelation width of 9.26 ps.