Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction of ultrashort optical pulses

被引:1044
作者
Iaconis, C [1 ]
Walmsley, IA
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Inst Opt, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] USAF, Phillips Lab, LIDA, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 USA
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10.1364/OL.23.000792
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present a novel, self referencing interferometric technique for measuring the amplitude and the phase of ultrashort optical pulses. The apparatus uses a collinear geometry that requires no moving components. The phase-retrieval procedure is noniterative and rapid and uses only two one-dimensional Fourier transforms. We apply the technique to characterize ultrashort pulses from a mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillator. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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页码:792 / 794
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