Pulse-front tilt caused by spatial and temporal chirp
Optics Express, Vol. 12, Issue 19, pp. 4399-4410 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.004399
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Abstract
Pulse-front tilt in an ultrashort laser pulse is generally considered to be a direct consequence of, and equivalent to, angular dispersion. We show, however, that, while this is true for certain types of pulse fields, simultaneous temporal chirp and spatial chirp also yield pulse-front tilt, even in the absence of angular dispersion. We verify this effect experimentally using GRENOUILLE.
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OCIS Codes
(320.5550) Ultrafast optics : Pulses
(320.7100) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast measurements
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History
Original Manuscript: July 22, 2004
Revised Manuscript: September 3, 2004
Published: September 20, 2004
Citation
Selcuk Akturk, Xun Gu, Erik Zeek, and Rick Trebino, "Pulse-front tilt caused by spatial and temporal chirp," Opt. Express 12, 4399-4410 (2004)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-12-19-4399
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