Characterization of sub-6-fs optical pulses with spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction
- 15 September 1999
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 24 (18) , 1314-1316
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.24.001314
Abstract
We demonstrate spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) as a novel method to characterize sub-6-fs pulses with nanojoule pulse energy. SPIDER reconstructs pulse phase and amplitude from a measurement of only two optical spectra by use of a fast noniterative algorithm. SPIDER is well suited to the measurement of ultrabroadband pulses because it is quite insensitive to crystal phase-matching bandwidth and to unknown detector spectral responsivity. Moreover, it combines highly accurate pulse-shape measurement with the potential for online laser system diagnostics at video refresh rates.Keywords
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