Single-shot kilohertz characterization of ultrashort pulses by spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction.
We describe a method of characterizing ultrashort optical pulses that is based on the technique of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction and is capable of simultaneously measuring the amplitude and the phase of the electric field of a sub-10-fs pulse at kilohertz acquisition rates on a single-shot basis. Use of this technique results in a dramatic increase (>50x) in acquisition rate compared with that of existing diagnostics for full E-field characterization and opens the door to a range of new experiments in which shot-to-shot phase and amplitude fluctuations are studied at kilohertz rates.
Kornelis
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Department of Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, CH 8093, Switzerland. kornelis@phys.ethz.ch
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Tisch
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Nisoli
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Sansone
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Vozzi
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De Silvestri
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Keller
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