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Measurements of the spatio-temporal profiles of femtosecond laser pulses

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dc.contributor.advisor Trebino, Rick
dc.contributor.author Gabolde, Pablo en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Buck, John
dc.contributor.committeeMember Curtis, Jennifer
dc.contributor.committeeMember Kennedy, Brian
dc.contributor.committeeMember Kuzmich, Alex
dc.contributor.department Physics en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-08-16T17:59:32Z
dc.date.available 2007-08-16T17:59:32Z
dc.date.issued 2007-06-28 en_US
dc.description.abstract The main contributions of this thesis to the field of ultrashort pulse measurement are a new set of experimental tools to measure the spatio-temporal fields of femtosecond pulses, and a new simplified formalism to describe such fields in the presence of distortions. More specifically, we developed an experimental technique based on scanning-wavelength digital holography and frequency-resolved optical gating that allows the complete measurement of the electric field E(x,y,t) of trains of identical femtosecond pulses. A related method, wavelength-multiplexed digital holography, is also introduced. It achieves a single-shot measurement of the three-dimensional field E(x,y,t) but at a reduced resolution using a simple experimental apparatus. Both methods can be used to measure various spatio-temporal distortions that often plague femtosecond laser systems, in particular amplified ones. Finally, to unambiguously and intuitively quantify such distortions, we introduce normalized correlation coefficients so that a common language can be used to describe the severity of these effects. en_US
dc.description.degree Ph.D. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16317
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Nonlinear optics en_US
dc.subject Femtosecond en_US
dc.subject Lasers en_US
dc.subject Ultrashort pulse en_US
dc.subject Spatio-temporal en_US
dc.title Measurements of the spatio-temporal profiles of femtosecond laser pulses en_US
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dc.type.genre Dissertation
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local.contributor.advisor Trebino, Rick
local.contributor.corporatename College of Sciences
local.contributor.corporatename School of Physics
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