Title :
The effect (or lack of it) of an ultrashort pulse’s spatial profile on the single-shot measurement of its temporal profile
Author :
Lee, Dongjoo ; Wang, Ziyang ; Gu, Xun ; Trebino, Rick
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
A non-uniform spatial profile could distort single-shot pulse measurements. But, surprisingly, we show that these effects are significantly reduced by several fortuitous aspects of the GRENOUILLE technique and so usually have little effect in practice.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser variables measurement; optical pulse shaping; GRENOUILLE technique; distort; single shot measurement; spatial profile; temporal profile; ultrashort pulse; Chirp; Delay; Distortion measurement; Laser beams; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Telescopes; Ultrafast optics; (320.0320) Ultrafast optics; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
