Title :
Measuring the spatiotemporal electric field of superluminal ultrashort pulses
Author :
Bowlan, P. ; Trebino, R. ; Valtna-Lukner, H. ; Lohmus, M. ; Piksarv, P. ; Saari, P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Using a high spatial and temporal-resolution pulse measurement technique (SEA TADPOLE), we make direct measurements of the spatiotemporal field of ultrashort Bessel-X pulses. Their propagation invariance and superluminal velocity are measured and verified with simulations.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light propagation; optical variables measurement; pulse measurement; SEA TADPOLE; propagation invariance; pulse measurement technique; spatiotemporal electric field measurement; superluminal ultrashort pulses; superluminal velocity; ultrashort Bessel-X pulses; Electric variables measurement; Measurement techniques; Plasma measurements; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Shape measurement; Spatiotemporal phenomena; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196398
