Physics:Micro SPIDER

Micro-SPIDER is an implementation of Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER). It has also been termed "ARAIGNEE" (Another Ridiculous Acronym for Interferometric Geometrically Simplified Noniterative E-field Extraction). In Micro-SPIDER, the spectral shear required for a SPIDER measurement is generated in a thick nonlinear crystal with a carefully engineered phasematching function.

References

• Radunsky, A.S.; Kosik Williams, E.M.; Walmsley, I.A.; Wasylczyk, P.; Wasilewski, W.; U'Ren, A.B.; Anderson, M.E. (2006), "Simplified spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction by using a thick nonlinear crystal", Optics Letters 31 (7): 1008–1010, doi:10.1364/OL.31.001008, PMID 16599239, Bibcode: 2006OptL...31.1008R 

• Radunsky, A.S.; Walmsley, I.A.; S.-P., SP; Wasylczyk, P. (2007), "Compact spectral shearing interferometer for ultrashort pulse characterization", Optics Letters 32 (2): 181–183, doi:10.1364/OL.32.000181, PMID 17186057, Bibcode: 2007OptL...32..181R