title: Simultaneous compression and characterization of ultrashort laser pulses using chirped mirrors and glass wedges.
abstract: We present a simple and robust technique to retrieve the phase of ultrashort laser pulses, based on a chirped mirror and glass wedges compressor. It uses the compression system itself as a diagnostic tool, thereby making unnecessary the use of complementary diagnostic tools. We used this technique to compress and characterize 7.1 fs laser pulses from an ultrafast laser oscillator.
authors.affiliation: IFIMUP-IN and Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal. mmiranda@fc.up.pt
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fordell
authors.forename: Cord
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: L'Huillier
authors.forename: Helder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Crespo
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005898:Glass; D007834:Lasers; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*