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Monolithic single-shot dispersion-scan : A new tool for real-time measurement and optimization of femtosecond pulses

Silva, Francisco ; Sola, I´ñigo J. ; Crespo, Helder ; Romero, Rosa ; Miranda, Miguel LU ; Arnold, Cord L. LU ; L'Huillier, Anne LU orcid ; Trull, Jose and Cojocaru, Crina (2017) The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe 2017
Abstract
The precise characterization of femtosecond laser pulses is as challenging as their generation and a topic of intense research. Dispersion-scan (d-scan) [1] is a recently established technique where the spectrum of a nonlinear signal, e.g., second-harmonic generation (SHG), is measured as a function of dispersion applied to the pulse. The spectral phase of the pulse can then be retrieved from the resulting 2D trace using an iterative algorithm. An important implementation of d-scan, based on a chirped mirror and wedge compressor, involves progressively moving one of the wedges around the maximum compression point and acquiring the resulting SHG spectrum for each insertion with a standard spectrometer. This robust and fully inline approach,... (More)
The precise characterization of femtosecond laser pulses is as challenging as their generation and a topic of intense research. Dispersion-scan (d-scan) [1] is a recently established technique where the spectrum of a nonlinear signal, e.g., second-harmonic generation (SHG), is measured as a function of dispersion applied to the pulse. The spectral phase of the pulse can then be retrieved from the resulting 2D trace using an iterative algorithm. An important implementation of d-scan, based on a chirped mirror and wedge compressor, involves progressively moving one of the wedges around the maximum compression point and acquiring the resulting SHG spectrum for each insertion with a standard spectrometer. This robust and fully inline approach, which does not require any beamsplitting or temporal delays, has enabled the simultaneous compression and measurement of pulses down to single-cycle durations [2-4], but its scanning nature precludes single-shot operation. A single-shot d-scan variant that explores the spatially dependent dispersion of a glass prism was successfully demonstrated with 3.2 fs pulses [5], but the relatively small amount of dispersion that can be introduced by a single prism limits its use to few-cycle pulses. (Less)
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe 2017
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Munich, Germany
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2017-06-25 - 2017-06-29
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  • scopus:85039915201
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978-1-5090-6736-7
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10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086681
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English
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  abstract     = {{The precise characterization of femtosecond laser pulses is as challenging as their generation and a topic of intense research. Dispersion-scan (d-scan) [1] is a recently established technique where the spectrum of a nonlinear signal, e.g., second-harmonic generation (SHG), is measured as a function of dispersion applied to the pulse. The spectral phase of the pulse can then be retrieved from the resulting 2D trace using an iterative algorithm. An important implementation of d-scan, based on a chirped mirror and wedge compressor, involves progressively moving one of the wedges around the maximum compression point and acquiring the resulting SHG spectrum for each insertion with a standard spectrometer. This robust and fully inline approach, which does not require any beamsplitting or temporal delays, has enabled the simultaneous compression and measurement of pulses down to single-cycle durations [2-4], but its scanning nature precludes single-shot operation. A single-shot d-scan variant that explores the spatially dependent dispersion of a glass prism was successfully demonstrated with 3.2 fs pulses [5], but the relatively small amount of dispersion that can be introduced by a single prism limits its use to few-cycle pulses.}},
  author       = {{Silva, Francisco and Sola, I´ñigo J. and Crespo, Helder and Romero, Rosa and Miranda, Miguel and Arnold, Cord L. and L'Huillier, Anne and Trull, Jose and Cojocaru, Crina}},
  booktitle    = {{The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe 2017}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-5090-6736-7}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Monolithic single-shot dispersion-scan : A new tool for real-time measurement and optimization of femtosecond pulses}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086681}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086681}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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