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Intensity and phase measurements of the spatiotemporal electric field of focusing ultrashort pulses

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Ultrafast Phenomena XVI

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We demonstrate a spectral interferometer with NSOM probes for measuring focusing ultrashort pulses with high spatial and spectral resolution. We measure a 0.44 NA focus and, for the first time to our knowledge, we observe the forerunner pulse.

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, 837 State St NW, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

    Pamela Bowlan, Pablo Gabolde & Rick Trebino

  2. Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik, Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745, Jena, Germany

    Ulrike Fuchs & Uwe D. Zeitner

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Correspondence to Pamela Bowlan .

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  1. National Research Council Canada, Sussex Drive 100, Ottawa, K1A 0R6, Canada

    Paul Corkum

  2. Dipto. Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy

    Sandro Silvestri

  3. Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of, Massachusetts Ave. 77, Cambridge, 02139, USA

    Keith A. Nelson

  4. Sektion Physik, Univ. München, Oettingenstr. 67, München, 80538, Germany

    Eberhard Riedle

  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Cyclotron Road 1, Berkeley, 94720, USA

    Robert W. Schoenlein

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Bowlan, P., Fuchs, U., Gabolde, P., Trebino, R., Zeitner, U.D. (2009). Intensity and phase measurements of the spatiotemporal electric field of focusing ultrashort pulses. In: Corkum, P., Silvestri, S., Nelson, K., Riedle, E., Schoenlein, R. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XVI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_297

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