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Publication
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Paper
Measurement of the phase of a frequency-swept ultrashort optical pulse
Abstract
We show theoretically and confirm experimentally that, by propagating a frequency-swept ultrashort pulse through an ensemble of two-level systems, it is possible to measure the time-dependent relative phase of the pulse with respect to that of the impact-excited oscillating resonant polarization. The phase is obtained from the intensity modulation of the pulse as measured by a cross-correlation technique. © 1985 Optical Society of America.