A comprehensive real-time spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction (SPIDER) apparatus for characterizing femtosecond laser pulses is demonstrated. The SPIDER provides the temporal profiles of femtosecond laser pulses, reconstructed at the speed of 3.5 Hz, with parameters of the spectral phase such as group delay dispersion and third-order dispersion. The apparatus is applied successfully to optimize the spectral dispersion of a kHz femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser by adjusting a grating compressor in real time.

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IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

• D. J. Kane and R. Trebino, “Characterization of arbitrary femtosecond pulses using frequency-resolved optical gating,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 29, 571-579 (1993). [CrossRef]
• C. Iaconis and I. A. Walmsley, “Self-referencing spectral interferometry for measuring ultrashort optical pulses,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 35, 501-509 (1999). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am.

• M. Takeda, H. Ina, and S. Kobayashi, “Fourier-transform method of fringe-pattern analysis for computer-based topography and interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 156-160 (1982). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• C. Dorrer and I. A. Walmsley, “Accuracy criterion for ultrashort pulse characterization techniques: application to spectral phase intereferometry for direct electric field reconstruction,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 1019-1029 (2001).

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

• J. H. Sung, K. H. Hong, Y. H. Cha, and C. H. Nam, “13-fs1-MW Ti:Sapphire laser oscillator in a long-cavity configuration,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41, L931-L934 (2002). [CrossRef]

Opt. Exp.

• T. M. Shuman, M. E. Anderson, J. Bromage, C. Iaconis, L. Waxer, and I. A. Walmsley, “Real-time SPIDER: ultrashort pulse characterization at 20 Hz,” Opt. Exp. 5, 134-143 (1999). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

• W. Kornelis, J. Biegert, J. W. G. Tisch, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, C. Vozzi, S. D. Silvestri, and U. Keller, “Single-shot kilohertz characterization of ultrashort pulses by spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction,” Opt. Lett. 28, 281-283 (2003). [CrossRef]
• C. Iaconis and I. A. Walmsley, “Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction of ultrashort optical pulses,” Opt. Lett. 23, 792-794 (1998). [CrossRef]
• K. C. Chu, J. P. Heritage, R. S. Grant, K. X. Liu, A. Dienes, W. E. White, and A. Sullivan, “Direct measurement of spectral phase of femtosecond pulses,” Opt. Lett. 20, 904-906 (1995). [CrossRef]
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• J. Park, J.-H. Lee, and C. H. Nam, “Generation of 1.5 cycle 0.3 TW laser pulses using a hollow-fiber pulse compressor,” Opt. Lett. 34, 2342-2344 (2009). [CrossRef]

Rev. Sci. Instrum.

• G. Stibenz and G. Steinmeyer, “Optimizing spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77, 073105-1~073105-9 (2006). [CrossRef]

Other

• R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, 3rd ed. (Academic Press, USA, 2008), pp. 8, 91-96.

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