%0 Journal Article
%T Pulse shaping with birefringent crystals: a tool for quantum metrology
%A Guillaume Labroille
%A Olivier Pinel
%A Nicolas Treps
%A Manuel Joffre
%J Physics
%D 2013
%I arXiv
%R 10.1364/OE.21.021889
%X A method for time differentiation based on a Babinet-Soleil-Bravais compensator is introduced. The complex transfer function of the device is measured using polarization spectral interferometry. Time differentiation of both the pulse field and pulse envelope are demonstrated over a spectral width of about 100 THz with a measured overlap with the objective mode greater than 99.8%. This pulse shaping technique is shown to be perfectly suited to time metrology at the quantum limit.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.6424v1