Characterization of few-fs deep-UV dispersive waves by ultra-broadband transient-grating XFROG

Alexey Ermolov; Heli Valtna-Lukner; John Travers; Philip St. J. Russell

doi:10.1364/OL.41.005535

Characterization of few-fs deep-UV dispersive waves by ultra-broadband transient-grating XFROG

Alexey Ermolov^*, Heli Valtna-Lukner, John Travers, Philip St. J. Russell

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A multi-shot transient-grating cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) is implemented for the characterization of nanojoule-scale, few-femtosecond, deep-ultraviolet pulses. In theory, the system can characterize pulses with a bandwidth extending from below 200 nm to above 1.5 μm. It is experimentally shown that a 200 THz (50 nm) wide dispersive wave centered at 275 nm, generated in a gas-filled HC-PCF, has a temporal duration of 4 fs. The numerical simulations agree well with the experiment. The results confirm that dispersive wave emission in a gas-filled HC-PCF can be used as a novel source of ultrashort UV pulses in a range of applications, for example, ultrafast UV pump-probe spectroscopy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5535-5538
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	41
Issue number	23
Early online date	2 Nov 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.005535
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2016

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