Abstract

A transient-grating cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating (TG XFROG) with a thin gas target toward characterization of sub-femtosecond optical pulses is discussed. For evaluation of the reliability, sub-10 fs near-infrared pulses are characterized, the results of which are compared with those given by the sum-frequency-generation XFROG. The TG XFROG covers the nanojoule energy range or that for the advanced few-cycle UV pulses recently reported. It is also shown that the TG XFROG fails to characterize and heavily underestimates the durations of intense test pulses. The FROG technique sensitively detects the onset of this anomalous behavior, which represents a serious issue for pulse characterizations.

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