pypret

Release:0.1alpha
Date:Jul 03, 2019

This is the documentation of Python for pulse retrieval. It is a Python package that aims to provide algorithms and tools to retrieve ultrashort laser pulses from parametrized nonlinear process spectra, such as frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG), dispersion scan (d-scan), time-domain ptychography (TDP) or multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan (MIIPS).

The package is currently in an early alpha state. It provides the algorithms but still requires thorough understanding of what they do to apply them correctly on measured data.

Background

The package was developed at the Institute of Applied Physics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Main author is Nils C. Geib. You can reach me at nils.geib@uni-jena.de if you have questions or comments on the code.

The current capabilities of the package reflect mostly what we presented in our publication on a common pulse retrieval algorithm [Geib2019]. If you want to reference this package you may cite that paper.

The code in its current state mainly serves to give a reference implementation of the algorithms discussed within and allow the reproduction of our results. It is planned, however, to expand the package to make it a more full-fledged solution for pulse retrieval.