Complete characterization of weak, ultrashort near-UV pulses by spectral interferometry

Details Complete characterization of weak, ultrashort near-UV pulses by spectral interferometry Complete characterization of weak, ultrashort near-UV pulses by spectral interferometry

2007-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/0711.4931v1

Appl. Phys. B 91, 283-286 (2008)

Physics

Optics

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00340-008-2978-6

We present a method for a complete characterization of a femtosecond ultraviolet pulse when a fundamental near-infrared beam is also available. Our approach relies on generation of second harmonic from the pre-characterized fundamental, which serves as a reference against which an unknown pulse is measured using spectral interference (SI). The characterization apparatus is a modified second harmonic frequency resolved optical gating setup which additionally allows for taking SI spectrum. The presented method is linear in the unknown field, simple and sensitive. We checked its accuracy using test pulses generated in a thick nonlinear crystal, demonstrating the ability to measure the phase in a broad spectral range, down to 0.1% peak spectral intensity as well as retrieving pi leaps in the spectral phase.

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