Abstract
We report a practical experimental implementation of time-resolved optical gating (TROG) using a dispersive pulse (DP) propagation geometry and a two-photon absorption nonlinear detector. A measurement of 50 fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser is demonstrated and a general procedure for calibrating the dispersion axis of the TROG trace is presented. A complete iterative pulse retrieval algorithm is described and the limitations of the DP-TROG technique are discussed. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 415-424 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Optics Communications |
Volume | 194 |
Issue number | 4-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2001 |
Keywords
- Femtosecond
- Optical pulse measurements
- Pulse characterization
- Time-resolved optical gating
- Ultrafast optics