In this paper, we present analytical and experimental results of a novel method which enables significant simplifications in spectral shearing interferometry as applied for ultrashort optical pulse measurements. The method attempts to improve the superiority in conventional spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER). It does not split a test pulse into two parts, but compensate for the delay time between two quasi-monochromatic frequency components in a chirped pulse with spectral and temporal shear to produce an interferogram without fringe. Fringe free interferogram could simplify data processing procedure and reduce the restriction on resolution of spectrometer. The experimental setup avoids the influence of material dispersion with real-time and single-shot nature, and could be made up as a miniaturization measurement device. Although being short of the beauties in SPIDER, it still could be an optional femtosecond pulse measurement method in certain condition.
Theoretical analysis of the stretched optical pulse ripple and novel chirped pulse retrieving algorithm
