Title :
Measuring very complex ultrashort pulses using Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating (FROG)
Author :
Xu, Lina ; Zeek, Erik ; Trebino, Rick
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
For very complex pulses (TBP ~ 100), the XFROG, PG FROG, and SHG FROG pulse-retrieval algorithms converged for 100%, 99%, and 80%, respectively, of the pulses tried in our simulations, which included noise.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser noise; laser variables measurement; optical correlation; optical harmonic generation; pulse measurement; PG FROG; SHG FROG pulse-retrieval algorithm convergence; XFROG; cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating; frequency-resolved optical gating; generalized projections algorithm; noise; very complex ultrashort laser pulse measurement; Delay; Frequency measurement; Noise measurement; Optical harmonic generation; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Polarization; Pulse measurements; Testing; Ultrafast optics; 320.5550 Pulses; 320.7100 Ultrafast Measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
