Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction of ultrashort optical pulses
- 15 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 23 (10) , 792-794
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.23.000792
Abstract
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.Keywords
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