Measurement of femtosecond laser-induced damage and ablation thresholds in dielectrics

N Sanner, O Utéza, B Bussiere, G Coustillier, A Leray… - Applied Physics A, 2009 - Springer
The paper is focused on the importance of accurate determination of surface
damage/ablation threshold of a dielectric material irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses …

Measuring the spatiotemporal electric field of ultrashort pulses with high spatial and spectral resolution

P Bowlan, P Gabolde, MA Coughlan, R Trebino… - JOSA B, 2008 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an experimentally simple and high-spectral-resolution version of spectral
interferometry (SEA TADPOLE) that can measure complicated pulses (in time) at video rates …

[HTML][HTML] Far-field diffraction of pulsed optical beams in dispersive media

GP Agrawal - Optics communications, 1999 - Elsevier
Propagation of a pulsed optical beam (a train of ultrashort optical pulses) inside a linear
dispersive medium is studied in the far field without making the paraxial approximation. This …

[HTML][HTML] Spectrum-induced changes in diffraction of pulsed optical beams

GP Agrawal - Optics communications, 1998 - Elsevier
Propagation of ultrashort optical pulses in a linear homogeneous medium is studied using
the standard diffraction theory of electromagnetic fields. Diffraction pattern of a Gaussian …

Angular dispersion of femtosecond pulses in a Gaussian beam

K Varjú, AP Kovács, K Osvay, G Kurdi - Optics letters, 2002 - opg.optica.org
The angular dispersion of spatially Gaussian laser pulses, unlike for plane waves, changes
with the distance between the disperser and the observer and between the beam waist and …

Complex diffraction and dispersion effects in femtosecond laser writing of fiber Bragg gratings using the phase mask technique

N Abdukerim, D Grobnic, R Lausten, C Hnatovsky… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The combined effect of chromatic dispersion and conical diffraction (ie, off-plane diffraction)
in femtosecond laser inscription of fiber Bragg gratings using the phase mask technique is …

Pulse broadening of the femtosecond pulses in a Gaussian beam passing an angular disperser

S Zeng, D Li, X Lv, J Liu, Q Luo - Optics letters, 2007 - opg.optica.org
A general analytical formula has been found to describe the evolution of the pulse width of
the femtosecond pulses in a Gaussian beam after passing an angular disperser without the …

Pulse front tilt measurement of femtosecond laser pulses

N Dimitrov, L Stoyanov, I Stefanov, A Dreischuh… - Optics …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work we report experimental investigations of an intentionally introduced pulse front
tilt on femtosecond laser pulses by using an inverted field correlator/interferometer. A …

Dispersion characteristics of acousto-optic deflector for scanning Gaussian laser beam of femtosecond pulses

D Li, Z Shaoqun, X Lv, J Liu, R Du, R Jiang… - Optics …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Pulse evolution after the acousto-optic deflector (AOD) and its dependence on AOD
parameters is not clear, but is important to AOD applications in scanning microscopy. By …

Diffraction of ultrashort laser pulses and applications for measuring pulse front distortion and pulse width

R Netz, T Feurer - Applied Physics B, 2000 - Springer
We report on the diffraction of ultrashort laser pulses by single and double slits. The first-
order diffraction was investigated as a function of the spectral bandwidth and the temporal …