title: Few-cycle pulse characterization with an acousto-optic pulse shaper.
abstract: An acousto-optic pulse shaper has been used to characterize few-cycle pulses generated in a hollow-core fiber. A grism pair precompensates for the dispersion of the acousto-optic crystal, allowing the full pulse-shaping window to be used for replica generation rather than self-compensation. A 9.4 fs pulse was measured, the shortest ever measured with an acousto-optic pulse shaper, to our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain. seth.cousin@icfo.es
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cousin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Forget
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grün
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Dane R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biegert