Validity of wave-front reconstruction and propagation of ultrabroadband pulses measured with a Hartmann–Shack sensor

Abstract

Wave-front reconstruction for ultrabroadband laser pulses is verified by use of a Hartmann–Shack sensor. We estimate the accuracy of numerical wave-front propagation by comparing numerical with experimental results and verify that wave fronts of ultrabroadband laser pulses from a hollow fiber can be propagated correctly by a single polychromatic wave-front measurement to a place where detection is not practicable, e.g., inside a vacuum chamber or laser focus.

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