• DocumentCode
    2879972
  • Title

    A compact spectral shearing interferometer for ultrashort pulse characterization

  • Author

    Radunsky, Aleksandr S. ; Gorza, Simon-Pierre ; Walmsley, Ian A. ; Wasylczyk, Piotr

  • Author_Institution
    Clarendon Lab., Oxford Univ., Oxford
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A simple, compact and robust implementation of SPIDER using a single long crystal for both ancilla generation and upconversion is demonstrated. It has both high sensitivity and accurate characterization of pulses < 40 fs over the 740 - 900 nm tuning range.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; optical tuning; SPIDER; ancilla generation; spectral shearing interferometer; tuning range; ultrashort pulse characterization; upconversion; wavelength 740 nm to 900 nm; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Robustness; Shearing; Testing; Ultrafast optics; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements; (320.7160) Ultrafast technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628761
  • Filename
    4628761