Title :
Homodyne spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction for the characterization of ultrabroadband ultrashort pulses
Author :
Dorrer, C. ; Londero, R. ; Kosik, E. ; Walmsley, I.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The characterization of ultrashort optical pulses has become an important tool in today´s laboratory. As pulse bandwidths increase, it becomes more and more difficult to obtain accurate measurements. We show here that the implementation of Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-field Reconstruction (SPIDER) by homodyning the interferogram using an uncharacterized reference pulse allows one to perform accurate measurements.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; homodyne detection; laser variables measurement; light interferometry; optical pulse generation; pulse measurement; SPIDER; accurate measurements; chirped pulse amplification; direct electric-field reconstruction; higher energy homodyne pulse; homodyne spectral phase interferometry; ultrabroadband ultrashort pulses; uncharacterized reference pulse; Chirp; Delay; Frequency measurement; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Performance evaluation; Phase measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947491
