Spectral phase retrieval from interferometric autocorrelation by a combination of graduated optimization and genetic algorithms. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We describe a method for retrieving spectral phase information from second harmonic interferometric autocorrelation measurements supplemented by the use of the observed spectral intensity. By applying a combination of graduated optimization and genetic algorithms, accurate phase retrieval of laser pulses as short as a few optical cycles was obtained from the measured autocorrelation and spectral intensity. The effectiveness of the combined algorithms is demonstrated on a set of significantly different femtosecond pulse shapes.

published proceedings

  • Opt Express

author list (cited authors)

  • Yang, W., Springer, M., Strohaber, J., Kolomenski, A., Schuessler, H., Kattawar, G., & Sokolov, A.

citation count

  • 9

complete list of authors

  • Yang, Wenlong||Springer, Matthew||Strohaber, James||Kolomenski, Alexandre||Schuessler, Hans||Kattawar, George||Sokolov, Alexei

publication date

  • July 2010