Spatio-temporal characterization of the electric field of ultrashort optical pulses using two-dimensional shearing interferometry

被引:63
作者
Dorrer, C [1 ]
Kosik, EM [1 ]
Walmsley, IA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Inst Opt, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2002年 / 74卷 / Suppl 1期
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10.1007/s00340-002-0912-x
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the complete spatio-temporal characterization of ultrashort light pulses using a self-referencing device based on shearing interferometry in the space and frequency domains. The apparatus combines spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction with a spectrally resolved spatial shearing interferometer. The electric field as a function of one transverse spatial coordinate and time is obtained by means of a direct algebraic phase-reconstruction algorithm. The method has been tested on several common laboratory situations in which space-time coupling is quantified.
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页数:9
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