CHARACTERIZATION OF FEMTOSECOND PULSES FOCUSED WITH HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE OPTICS USING INTERFEROMETRIC SURFACE-3RD-HARMONIC GENERATION

Authors
SQUIER JA FITTINGHOFF DN BARTY CPJ WILSON KR MULLER M BRAKENHOFF GJ
Citation
Ja. Squier et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF FEMTOSECOND PULSES FOCUSED WITH HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE OPTICS USING INTERFEROMETRIC SURFACE-3RD-HARMONIC GENERATION, Optics communications, 147(1-3), 1998, pp. 153-156
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
147
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
153 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)147:1-3<153:COFPFW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We demonstrate that the interferometric surface-third-harmonic-generat ion autocorrelation function from the glass/air interface of a coversl ip can be used conveniently to characterize ultrashort pulses in a hig h numerical aperture system. This technique has been used with pulses < 20-fs in duration, demonstrating its applicability to pulse duration s in this regime. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.