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Frontiers in Optics

Fourier transform chronometry of short optical pulses

Ali Golestani, Alex O. C. Davis, Filip Sośnicki, Michał Mikołajczyk, Nicolas Treps, Michał Karpiński

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present a short optical pulse envelope measurement based on an inverted Fourier transform technique, that does not require temporally or spectrally resolved detection. We experimentally demonstrate its feasibility for classical and quantum light.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2022.jtu4a.43

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