Single-shot implementation of dispersion-scan for the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We demonstrate a single-shot ultrafast diagnostic, based on the dispersion-scan (d-scan) technique. In this implementation, rather than translating wedges to vary the dispersion as in scanning d-scan, the pulse to be measured experiences a spatially varying amount of dispersion in a prism. The resulting beam is then imaged into a second-harmonic generation crystal and an imaging spectrometer is used to measure the two-dimensional trace, which is analyzed using the d-scan retrieval algorithm. We compare the single-shot implementation with the scanning d-scan for the measurement of sub-3.5-fs pulses from a hollow core fiber pulse compressor. We show that the retrieval algorithm used to extract amplitude and phase of the pulse provides comparable results, proving the validity of the new single-shot implementation in the near single-cycle regime.
Date Issued
2015-12-14
Date Acceptance
2015-12-04
Citation
Optics Express, 2015, 23 (25), pp.32803-32808
ISSN
1094-4087
Publisher
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Start Page
32803
End Page
32808
Journal / Book Title
Optics Express
Volume
23
Issue
25
Copyright Statement
© 2015 Optical Society of America
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Subjects
DESIGN
ELECTRIC-FIELD RECONSTRUCTION
MIRRORS
Optics
PHASE INTERFEROMETRY
Physical Sciences
PHYSICS
Science & Technology
SIMULTANEOUS COMPRESSION
SPECTRAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY
Publication Status
Published