Tomographic retrieval of the polarization state of an ultrafast laser pulse.
We introduce a self-referenced method for determining the complete polarization state of an ultrafast pulse field. The algorithm is based on any well-established technique that measures both the intensity and phase of a single polarization, such as frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG). We demonstrate the retrieval of nontrivial fields generated using a polarization-amplitude-phase ultrafast pulse shaper using four standard FROG measurements.
Schlup
Philip
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. philip.schlup@colostate.edu
Masihzadeh
Omid
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Xu
Lina
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Trebino
Rick
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Bartels
Randy A
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