Researchers from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology have developed a new methodology for the diagnosis of pulsed lasers. The results of their research have been published in the journal Nature Communications.
The research was conducted for a year under a grant from the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Horizon 2020 programme and the OPUS project funded by the National Science Centre. They resulted in the development of a new methodology for pulsed laser diagnostics and the initial characterisation of commercially available photodetectors for suitability for this purpose.
The researchers were keen to provide a tool that would allow the rich dynamics of lasers in almost any spectral range to be investigated at high speeds, exceeding by orders of magnitude those offered by traditional moving mirror instruments or grating spectrometers.
The Wrocław researchers have already established cooperation with scientists in Scotland, who use two-photon detectors for optical distance measurement.
