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FROG Beam Geometries

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

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In the last chapter, we described the general concepts of FROG. And we gave examples from the polarization-gate version of FROG. But, because FROG is a spectrally resolved autocorrelation, every nonlinear-optical process that can be used to make an autocorrelator can also be used to make a FROG (see Fig. 6.1). In this chapter, we’ll describe and compare the several most common FROG beam geometries and their traces, so you can choose which geometry to use for your application.

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Trebino, R. (2000). FROG Beam Geometries. In: Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating: The Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1181-6_6

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