Spatio-temporal characterization of intense few-cycle 2 μm pulses

Opt Express. 2016 Oct 17;24(21):24786-24798. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.024786.

Abstract

We present a variant of spatially encoded spectral shearing interferometry for measuring two-dimensional spatio-temporal slices of few-cycle pulses centered around 2 μm. We demonstrate experimentally that the device accurately retrieves the pulse-front tilt caused by angular dispersion of two-cycle pulses. We then use the technique to characterize 500-650 μJ pulses from a hollow fiber pulse compressor, with durations as short as 7.1 fs (1.3 optical cycles).