SHG FROG characterization of <5-fs pulses

Author

Baltuska, A. ; Pshenichnikov, M.S. ; Wiersma, D.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem., Groningen Univ., Netherlands

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

461

Lastpage

462

Abstract

Summary form only given. Accurate phase and amplitude characterization is essential for many ultrashort-pulse applications. Because autocorrelation measurement allows only a rough estimate of pulse duration and does not reveal spectral structure, we adapted the second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating (SHG FROG) technique to measure 15-nJ fiber compressed laser pulses from our cavity-dumped Ti:sapphire laser.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser variables measurement; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse compression; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 15 nJ; SHG FROG characterization; accurate amplitude characterization; accurate phase characterization; autocorrelation measurement; cavity-dumped Ti:sapphire laser; fs pulses; laser variables measurement; nJ fiber compressed laser pulses; pulse duration; second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating; spectral structure; ultrashort-pulse applications; Diffraction; Frequency estimation; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Quantum well devices; Shape measurement; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676498

Filename

676498