High-resolution Interferometric Diagnostics for Ultrashort Pulses

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List of acronymsADK Ammosov, Delone, and KraïnovCAR-SPIDER chirped-arrangement for SPIDERCCD charge-coupled deviceCEO carrier-envelope offsetCPA chirped-pulse amplifierCRAB complete reconstruction of attosecond burstsDFT discrete Fourier transformFROG frequency-resolved optical gatingFTSI Fourier-transform spectral interferometryFTSSI Fourier-transform spatio-spectral interferometryFWHM full-width at half-maximumLSI lateral shearing interferometryHHG high-harmonic generationHOT-SPIDER homodyne optical technique for SPIDERLX-SPIDER long-crystal SPIDERMCP micro-channel plateMZI Mach-Zehnder interferometerOPA optical parametric amplifierPACER probing attosecond dynamics by chirp encoded recollisionPCGPA principal component generalized projections algorithmPG-FROG polarisation-gating FROGQPI quantum-path interferometryRABBIT reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitionsRMS root-mean-squareSD-FROG self-diffraction FROGSEA-SPIDER spatially encoded arrangement SPIDERSEA-CAR-SPIDER spatially encoded arrangement CAR-SPIDERSEA-TADPOLE spatially encoded arrangement TADPOLESFA strong field approximationSHG second-harmonic generationSHG-FROG second-harmonic generation FROGSNR signal-to-noise ratioSPA stationary-phase approximation
SPIDER spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstructionSPIRIT spectral interferometry resolved in timeSSI spectral shearing interferometryST-SPIDER space-time SPIDERSWORD spectral wavefront optical reconstruction by diffractionTADPOLE temporal analysis by dispersing a pair of e -fieldsTOF time of flightTDSE time-dependent Schrödinger equationXFROG crosscorrelation FROGXUV extended ultravioletZAP-SPIDER zero-additional phase SPIDER
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2.3 Introduction to ultrashort puls
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2.3 Introduction to ultrashort puls
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2.4 Extending ultrashort metrology
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3.5 Main algorithmfrom all the shea
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5 Compact Space-time SPIDERIn this
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A. NOISE AND UNCERTAINTYdomain, so
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B. SIMULATION CODES FOR HIGH-HARMON
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