Title :
MEFISTO: Measuring the electric field of ultrashort pulses by interferometric spectral trace observation
Author :
Amat-Roldan, Ivan ; Cormack, Iain G. ; Loza-Alvarez, Pablo ; Artigas, David
Author_Institution :
ICFO, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
An analytical way to completely characterize ultrashort pulses is presented. This methodology is based on Fourier analysis of the frequency components of spectrally resolved interferometric autocorrelations. Experimental results are compared with the conventional SHG-FROG technique.
Keywords :
Fourier analysis; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; optical correlation; Fourier analysis; MEFISTO; electric field measurement; interferometric autocorrelations; interferometric spectral trace observation; spectral resolution; ultrashort pulses; Autocorrelation; Delay; Electric variables measurement; Iterative algorithms; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Time frequency analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202282
