High precision self-referenced phase retrieval of complex pulses with multiple-shearing spectral interferometry
JOSA B, Vol. 26, Issue 9, pp. 1818-1830 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.001818
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Abstract
We show that using multiple shears in spectral shearing interferometry is a powerful technique for improving precision, thus enabling the measurement of more complex pulses and resolving phase ambiguities. We derive an efficient and robust optimal phase reconstruction algorithm for extracting the spectral phase from interferograms taken at an arbitrary number of different shears. We show that if the shear is easily adjustable then a multishear measurement always offers a superior precision, even when considering the loss of precision of the raw data necessitated by multiple acquisitions. We present numerical examples and demonstrate an experimental implementation of the measurement of a double pulse using two shears.
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OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement
(320.0320) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast optics
(320.7100) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast measurements
(110.5086) Imaging systems : Phase unwrapping
ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
History
Original Manuscript: May 22, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: July 9, 2009
Published: August 31, 2009
Citation
Dane R. Austin, Tobias Witting, and Ian A. Walmsley, "High precision self-referenced phase retrieval of complex pulses with multiple-shearing spectral interferometry," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 26, 1818-1830 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-26-9-1818
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