Open AccessComment on: Novel method for ultrashort laser pulse-width measurement based on the selfdiffraction effect
Author(s) -
C. Dorrer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.11.000079
Subject(s) - optics , ultrashort pulse , multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan , femtosecond pulse shaping , pulse (music) , pulse shaping , frequency resolved optical gating , laser , bandwidth limited pulse , materials science , physics , detector
A new technique for the measurement of the pulse-width of ultrashort optical pulses has been recently proposed [1]. I argue in this comment that such a technique is unable to get any temporal information on an ultrashort pulse, based on the absence of a time-non-stationary element in the proposed setup.