Single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating for retrieving the pulse shape of high energy picosecond pulses

Aboushelbaya, R.; Savin, A. F.; Ceurvorst, L.; Sadler, J.; Norreys, P. A.; Davies, A. S.; Froula, D. H.; Boyle, A.; Galimberti, M.; Oliveira, P.; Parry, B.; Katzir, Y.; Glize, K.

doi:10.1063/1.5044526

Title: Single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating for retrieving the pulse shape of high energy picosecond pulses

Abstract

Accurate characterization of laser pulses used in experiments is a crucial step to the analysis of their results. In this paper, a novel single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) device is described, one that incorporates a dispersive element which allows it to fully characterize pulses up to 25 ps in duration with a 65 fs per pixel temporal resolution. Hera, a newly developed phase retrieval routine based on memetic algorithms is implemented and shown to circumvent the stagnation problem that often occurs with traditional FROG analysis programs when they encounter a local minimum.

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^[1]; Ceurvorst, L. ^[1]; Sadler, J. ^[1]; Norreys, P. A. ^[2];

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^[3]; Boyle, A. ^[4]; Galimberti, M. ^[4]; Oliveira, P. ^[4]; Parry, B. ^[4]; Katzir, Y. ^[4]; Glize, K. ^[4]

Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot (United Kingdom)

Publication Date:: Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); Euratom; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1612448

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1479178

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0016253; 633053; EP/L000237/1

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Review of Scientific Instruments

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 89; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; instruments & instrumentation; physics; second harmonic generation; plasma instabilities; frequency resolved optical gating

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                    Aboushelbaya, R., Savin, A. F., Ceurvorst, L., Sadler, J., Norreys, P. A., Davies, A. S., Froula, D. H., Boyle, A., Galimberti, M., Oliveira, P., Parry, B., Katzir, Y., and Glize, K. Single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating for retrieving the pulse shape of high energy picosecond pulses.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Aboushelbaya, R., Savin, A. F., Ceurvorst, L., Sadler, J., Norreys, P. A., Davies, A. S., Froula, D. H., Boyle, A., Galimberti, M., Oliveira, P., Parry, B., Katzir, Y., & Glize, K. Single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating for retrieving the pulse shape of high energy picosecond pulses.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5044526

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                    Aboushelbaya, R., Savin, A. F., Ceurvorst, L., Sadler, J., Norreys, P. A., Davies, A. S., Froula, D. H., Boyle, A., Galimberti, M., Oliveira, P., Parry, B., Katzir, Y., and Glize, K. Fri .  
"Single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating for retrieving the pulse shape of high energy picosecond pulses".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5044526.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1612448.

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@article{osti_1612448,

  title        = {Single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating for retrieving the pulse shape of high energy picosecond pulses},

  author       = {Aboushelbaya, R. and Savin, A. F. and Ceurvorst, L. and Sadler, J. and Norreys, P. A. and Davies, A. S. and Froula, D. H. and Boyle, A. and Galimberti, M. and Oliveira, P. and Parry, B. and Katzir, Y. and Glize, K.},

  abstractNote = {Accurate characterization of laser pulses used in experiments is a crucial step to the analysis of their results. In this paper, a novel single-shot frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) device is described, one that incorporates a dispersive element which allows it to fully characterize pulses up to 25 ps in duration with a 65 fs per pixel temporal resolution. Hera, a newly developed phase retrieval routine based on memetic algorithms is implemented and shown to circumvent the stagnation problem that often occurs with traditional FROG analysis programs when they encounter a local minimum.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.5044526},

  journal      = {Review of Scientific Instruments},

  number       = 10,

  volume       = 89,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

}

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