title: Linear spatio-temporal characterization of a UV microscope objective for nonlinear imaging and spectroscopy by using two-dimensional spectral interferometry.
abstract: Two-dimensional Fourier transform spectral interferometry is used to characterize the spatio-temporal aberrations of a UV microscope objective. The spatial and temporal profiles of a 420 nm, 38 fs pulse at the focus of a 0.32 NA UV objective are then deduced using a wave propagation code incorporating the measured aberrations.
authors.affiliation: Center for Microintegrated Optics for Advanced Bioimaging and Control, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, 1523 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, USA. wamir@mines.edu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Durfee
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Schafer
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kost
authors.forename: E
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authors.lastname: Przekwas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: J A
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authors.lastname: Squier