VIPER: Vectorial Interferometric Polarimeter for Electric-field Reconstruction

Comprehending the unique characteristics of structured ultrafast optical pulses is essential to the physics, applications and instrumentations of ultrafast lasers. However, full-vectrorial characterizations of the pulses remain challenging because of their multiple degrees of freedom. In this work, we implement and demonstrate the vectorial interferometric polarimeter for electric-field reconstruction (VIPER) which, for the first time, is able to precisely determine the specific three-dimensional E-field at every spatial-temporal coordinate throughout the entire detection region. This metrology provides a powerful tool for advanced ultrafast optics and paves the way for design optimization of ultrafast optics by providing the full information of the pulses, facilitating its applications in optical physics research, pump-probe spectroscopy and laser-based manufacturing.
Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures