Abstract
We demonstrate an experimentally simple and high-spectral-resolution version of spectral interferometry (SEA TADPOLE) that can measure complicated pulses (in time) at video rates. Additionally, SEA TADPOLE can measure spatial information about a pulse, and it is the first technique that can directly measure the spatiotemporal electric field of a focusing ultrashort pulse. To illustrate and test SEA TADPOLE, we measured of a shaped pulse that had a time–bandwidth product of approximately 100. To demonstrate that SEA TADPOLE can measure focusing pulses, we measured at and around the focus produced by a plano–convex lens. We also measured the focus of a beam that had angular dispersion present before the lens. We have found that SEA TADPOLE can achieve better spectral resolution than an equivalent spectrometer, and here we discuss this in detail, giving both experimental and simulated examples. We also discuss the angular acceptance and spatial resolution of SEA TADPOLE when measuring the spatiotemporal field of a focusing pulse.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Pamela Bowlan, Ulrike Fuchs, Rick Trebino, and Uwe D. Zeitner
Opt. Express 16(18) 13663-13675 (2008)
Pamela Bowlan and Rick Trebino
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29(2) 244-248 (2012)
Pamela Bowlan, Pablo Gabolde, and Rick Trebino
Opt. Express 15(16) 10219-10230 (2007)