无干涉条纹的光谱位相相干直接电场重构法

提出一种新的诊断飞秒脉冲振幅与位相的高精度测量方法.该方法发展了传统的SPIDER方法，保留了原方法对脉冲信息可以实时、有效和全面地测取的优点，并能克服其不能测量脉宽较大或位相信息复杂的脉冲的缺点.在新方法中和频后的脉冲对没有相对延时，形成无干涉条纹的剪切干涉图.在调节一个小量延时于某些特定值，可去掉剪切干涉图的歧义性.给出数值模拟结果，证明此方法无需经过傅里叶变换滤波，可直接由干涉图唯一地提取出脉冲的振幅与位相信息. 关键词： 光谱位相相干直接电场重构法 飞秒脉冲测量 超快信息光学     

Homodyne detection in spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction

We study and demonstrate a version of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) that uses self-referencing homodyne detection. This technique has a higher sensitivity than conventional SPIDER, is self-calibrating, and can be adjusted for a wider range of pulse parameters.     

Self-referencing spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction with chirped pulses

We analyze the characterization of strongly chirped pulses by spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER). We show how to extend the working range of this technique for these relevant cases and derive correction factors for typical operating parameters. The results are straightforward to implement in the calculation algorithms. We demonstrate the validity of this technique by characterizing numerically and experimentally pulses with a known spectral phase profile.     

Spectral phase and amplitude interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction

An extension of the well-known technique for spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) has been developed that permits the reconstruction of the spectral amplitude and the spectral phase of ultrashort laser pulses from the acquisition of only one spectrum. Temporal intensity and temporal phase can therefore easily be retrieved. The characterization of pulses from a Ti:sapphire oscillator by use of an extended SPIDER is discussed. Advantages and drawbacks of the modified technique are also discussed.     

Single-shot kilohertz characterization of ultrashort pulses by spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction

We describe a method of characterizing ultrashort optical pulses that is based on the technique of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction and is capable of simultaneously measuring the amplitude and the phase of the electric field of a sub-10-fs pulse at kilohertz acquisition rates on a single-shot basis. Use of this technique results in a dramatic increase (>50x) in acquisition rate compared with that of existing diagnostics for full E-field characterization and opens the door to a range of new experiments in which shot-to-shot phase and amplitude fluctuations are studied at kilohertz rates.     

Simplified spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction by using a thick nonlinear crystal

We propose and demonstrate a novel implementation of spectral-shearing interferometry (SSI) for reconstructing the electric field of ultrashort pulses by utilizing asymmetric group velocity matching in a long nonlinear crystal. The proposed configuration eliminates the requirement for a linearly chirped auxiliary pulse that is in common in all existing SSI methods, relying on nonlinear conversion to produce a spectral shear.     

Characterization of sub-6-fs optical pulses with spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction

We demonstrate spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) as a novel method to characterize sub-6-fs pulses with nanojoule pulse energy. SPIDER reconstructs pulse phase and amplitude from a measurement of only two optical spectra by use of a fast noniterative algorithm. SPIDER is well suited to the measurement of ultrabroadband pulses because it is quite insensitive to crystal phase-matching bandwidth and to unknown detector spectral responsivity. Moreover, it combines highly accurate pulse-shape measurement with the potential for online laser system diagnostics at video refresh rates.     

Single-shot real-time characterization of chirped-pulse amplification systems by spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction

We characterize chirped-pulse amplification systems by using spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction. For the first time to the authors' knowledge, single-shot real-time operation has been obtained for this technique, leading to a fast and accurate optimization of these systems.     

Implementation of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction with a simultaneously recorded reference interferogram

An improvement of the technique of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction is presented. The possibility of simultaneously recording two interference spectra, one containing complete information on the spectral amplitude and the other containing complete information on the spectral phase, on a single one-dimensional detector is demonstrated. This is, to the author's knowledge, the only method that permits the complete characterization of an ultrashort light pulse with a single one-dimensional integrating detector and an algebraic inversion procedure.     

Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction of ultrashort optical pulses

We present a novel, self-referencing interferometric technique for measuring the amplitude and the phase of ultrashort optical pulses. The apparatus uses a collinear geometry that requires no moving components. The phase-retrieval procedure is noniterative and rapid and uses only two one-dimensional Fourier transforms. We apply the technique to characterize ultrashort pulses from a mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillator.     

Crystal-dithering method applied to spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) for sensitivity enhancement of the pulse phase measurement

The application of a crystal-dithering technique to the spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) was experimentally demonstrated. Applying a crystal-dithering technique to SPIDER resulted in the improvement of the measurement sensitivity. In our approach, a 20 μm-thick nonlinear crystal for a thin-crystal SPIDER method was replaced by a 100 μm-thick crystal, and the crystal was dithered. The improvement was confirmed by comparing the statistical error of the crystal-dithering SPIDER to the statistical error of the thin-crystal SPIDER method. The dispersion of a BK7 plate was investigated to evaluate the reliability of the proposed approach.     

改进型零附加相位光谱相位相干电场重构系统对啁啾脉冲的测量

现有的基于光谱相位相干电场重构法(SPIDER)的脉冲测量系统,在测量啁啾脉冲时容易出现误差.本文提出一个改进型零附加相位光谱相位相干电场重构系统(MZAP-SPIDER),来解决上述问题.在实验上,利用改进后的SPIDER系统测量了钛宝石飞秒激光器输出的脉冲及其经80mm长的BK7玻璃块展宽得到的啁啾脉冲.结果表明,该系统能胜任啁啾脉冲的相位测量.     

Sub-10 fs pulse characterization using spatially encoded arrangement for spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction

We demonstrate an extremely accurate method for measuring ultrabroadband, sub-10 fs pulses even if they exhibit a highly modulated spectrum, space-time coupling, or both. The method uses a spatially encoded arrangement for spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction, which allows a zero additional phase measurement to be performed with a relatively low signal-to-noise ratio in real time and single shot.     

Time-domain interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction by use of an acousto-optic programmable filter and a two-photon detector

We introduce a new approach to the characterization of femtosecond optical pulses based on a remarkably simple setup combining a two-photon detector and a pulse shaper consisting of a longitudinal acousto-optic programmable filter. The operation of this setup is demonstrated through the use of a new version of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction based on time-domain instead of on frequency-domain interferometry.     

自参考光谱相干法的小波变换相位重建

将小波变换法引入光谱相位相干电场重建法的相位重建，从光谱干涉条纹的小波变换中直接 读取条纹相位，消除了传统傅里叶方法滤波过程中产生的相位噪声. 这种方法将有利于超宽 带、单周期超短脉冲的产生，更适用于超短脉冲的评价. 关键词： 超短脉冲 相位重建 小波变换     

啁啾脉冲频域干涉仪相位重建方法的理论研究

理论研究了啁啾脉冲频域干涉仪的时域相移重建技术,对于接近实际的频谱干涉条纹,分别采用傅里叶变换和小波变换的方法完成了时域相位扰动信号的重建。傅里叶变换方法产生的重建误差受到滤波参数的影响,相对而言,小波变换方式解谱过程中,不需要进行特意的滤波操作,从而避免了重建结果存在误差不确定性的问题。     

啁啾脉冲频域干涉仪相位重建方法的理论研究

理论研究了啁啾脉冲频域干涉仪的时域相移重建技术,对于接近实际的频谱干涉条纹,分别采用傅里叶变换和小波变换的方法完成了时域相位扰动信号的重建。傅里叶变换方法产生的重建误差受到滤波参数的影响,相对而言,小波变换方式解谱过程中,不需要进行特意的滤波操作,从而避免了重建结果存在误差不确定性的问题。     

Time-domain interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction of mid-infrared femtosecond pulses

Mid-infrared ultrashort pulses of 9.2-microm center wavelength are characterized in both amplitude and phase. This is achieved by use of a variant of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction in which spectral interferometry has been replaced with time-domain interferometry, a technique that is well suited for infrared pulses. The setup permits simultaneous recording of the second-order interferometric autocorrelation, thus providing an independent check on the retrieved spectral phase.     

Single-shot measurement of carrier-envelope phase changes by spectral interferometry

We demonstrated single-shot measurements of spectral interference between a white-light continuum generated in a hollow-fiber and its second harmonic. The interference has information on the carrier-envelope phase of an input pulse to the fiber and the time delay of the blue wing of the continuum. By analyzing the observed spectral interference, we estimated shot-by-shot changes of the carrier-envelope phase. This method is useful for determining the carrier-envelope phase changes of a low-repetition-rate, high-intensity laser.