Low-dispersion polarization gate frequency-resolved optical gating for measuring high-power <30-fs pulses

Author

Fittinghoff, D.N. ; Squier, Jeffrey A. ; Toth, C. ; Walker, B.C. ; Barty, C.P.J.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Nonlinear Sci., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

463

Lastpage

464

Abstract

Summary form only given. SHG FROG has an ambiguity in the direction of time and restrictions on the thickness of the nonlinear crystal due to phase matching for the large bandwidths needed to support such short pulses. In large amplified systems, a polarisation gate (PG) FROG would be much more desirable. The shot-to-shot stability of these systems makes single shot measurements necessary, which puts a premium on having a nonlinear medium with high optical quality.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser variables measurement; light polarisation; optical harmonic generation; SHG FROG; high optical quality; high-power fs pulses; large amplified systems; large bandwidths; low-dispersion polarization gate frequency-resolved optical gating; nonlinear crystal thickness; nonlinear medium; phase matching; polarisation gate FROG; short pulses; shot-to-shot stability; singleshot measurements; Bars; Frequency measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Phase measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676500

Filename

676500