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Unambiguous electromagnetic pulse retrieval through frequency mixing interference in frequency resolved optical gating

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Publication date31/03/2017
Host publicationProceedings of the 5th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC 2016
PublisherJoint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)
Pages767-770
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)9783954501779
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event5th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC 2016 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 11/09/201615/09/2016

Conference

Conference5th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC 2016
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period11/09/1615/09/16

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NameProceedings of the 5th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC 2016

Conference

Conference5th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC 2016
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period11/09/1615/09/16

Abstract

We demonstrate a method for full and unambiguous temporal characterization of few-cycle electromagnetic pulses, including retrieval of the carrier envelope phase (CEP), in which the interference between non-linear frequency mixing components is spectrally resolved using Frequency Resolved Optical Gating (FROG). We term this process Real-Domain FROG (ReD-FROG) and demonstrate its capabilities through the complete measurement of the temporal profile of a single-cycle THz pulse. When applied at THz frequencies ReD-FROG overcomes the bandwidth limitations relating probe and test pulses in Electro-Optic (EO) sampling. The approach can however be extended generally to any frequency range and we provide a conceptual demonstration of the CEP retrieval of few-cycle optical field.