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The Future of Pulse Measurement: New Dilemmas

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Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating: The Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses

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So the fundamental dilemma of pulse measurement is resolved. We’ve learned to avoid one-dimensional phase retrieval and embrace its two-dimensional cousin, and people have been busy taking advantage of the solution. FROG has allowed measurements undreamt of a mere ten years ago.

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Trebino, R. (2000). The Future of Pulse Measurement: New Dilemmas. In: Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating: The Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1181-6_25

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