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Self-referencing spectral interferometry for measuring ultrashort optical pulses

Iaconis, C., Walmsley, I.A.·1999·IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
DOI 10.1109/3.753654
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This paper describes a novel self-referencing interferometric method for measuring the time-dependent intensity and phase of ultrashort optical pulses. The technique, spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER), measures the interference between a pair of spectrally sheared replicas of the input pulse. Direct (noniterative) inversion of the interferogram yields the electric field of the input pulse without ambiguity. The interferogram, which is solely a function of frequency, is resolved with a spectrometer and recorded with a slow detector. Moreover, the geometry is entirely collinear and requires no moving components. This paper describes in detail the principle of operation, apparatus, and calibration of SPIDER and gives experimental examples of reconstructed pulses.

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Authors
Iaconis, C., & Walmsley, I. A.
Venue
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Published
1999-04
Volume
35
Issue
4
Pages
501-509
ISSN
0018-9197 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1109/3.753654
OpenAlex
W2156345210
Cited by
467
References
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9.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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