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The interferometric measurement of an ultrashort optical pulse is demonstrated using three-photon ionization of Xe in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MS). This approach allowed measurement of the third-order fringe-resolved autocorrelation trace of an ultrashort optical pulse in the deep-ultraviolet (DUV) region. The pulse can be measured in situ using the same MS that is employed in ultrafast spectroscopy. Sensitivity (>3×107 W) was sufficient to measure a DUV pulse used in such applications. This setup has the potential to measure the temporal duration of a broadband (204–306 nm) ultrashort optical pulse with no additional distortion in the temporal characteristics.
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Miyoshi, Y., Zaitsu, S. & Imasaka, T. In situ third-order interferometric autocorrelation of a femtosecond deep-ultraviolet pulse. Appl. Phys. B 103, 789–794 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4324-z
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