Title :
Directly measuring the spatio-temporal electric field of ultrashort pulses in and near a focus
Author :
Bowlan, Pamela ; Gabolde, Pablo ; Trebino, Rick
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta
Abstract :
We present the first technique for measuring the complete spatio-temporal intensity and phase of an ultrashort pulse in and near a focus. Our method uses a variant of spectral interferometry (SEA-TADPOLE) that we recently introduced.
Keywords :
electric fields; high-speed optical techniques; optical variables measurement; SEA-TADPOLE; spatio-temporal electric field; spatio-temporal intensity; spatio-temporal phase; spectral interferometry; ultrashort pulses; Electric variables measurement; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452426
