title: Tomographic retrieval of the polarization state of an ultrafast laser pulse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. philip.schlup@colostate.edu
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schlup
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Masihzadeh
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trebino
authors.forename: Randy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bartels