title: Self-referenced measurement of the complete electric field of ultrashort pulses.
abstract: A self-referenced technique based on digital holography and frequency-resolved optical gating is proposed in order to characterize the complete complex electric field E (x, y, z, t) of a train of ultrashort laser pulses. We apply this technique to pulses generated by a mode-locked Ti:Sapphire oscillator and demonstrate that our device reveals and measures common linear spatio-temporal couplings such as spatial chirp and pulse-front tilt.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gabolde
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trebino