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The widespread use of FROG has contributed significantly to the development of optimized ultrafast lasers producing transform-limited pulses of near single-cycle duration. However, although the characterization of optimized ultrafast sources is certainly one of its most important applications, a significant number of experiments have also used FROG to characterize pulses very far from the transform limit. The pulses being studied in these experiments have possessed very complex intensity and/or phase distortions, but FROG has still been successfully used for complete characterization. This chapter will review these previous experiments and discuss, where relevant, important experimental issues necessary for accurate results to be obtained.
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Dudley, J.M. (2000). FROG Characterization of Pulses with Complex Intensity and Phase Substructure. In: Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating: The Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1181-6_15
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