Beyond Error Bars: Understanding Uncertainty in Ultrashort-Pulse Frequency-Resolved-Optical-Gating Measurements in the Presence of Ambiguity
DOI
10.1364/OE.11.003518
Abstract
Previously we showed that the “bootstrap method,” a well-known statistical technique, can be used to automatically compute error bars in ultrashort pulse measurements using frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) without the need for additional measurements or traditional error analysis. Here we extend the bootstrap method to pulse measurement in the presence of ambiguities, where traditional error bars would give misleading information. As a result, we provide a new approach to displaying this uncertainty, which nicely reveals the richness of information available (or perhaps unavailable) in a FROG trace (or other measurement) in the presence of ambiguities.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-29-2003
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2003 Optical Society of America. This article first appeared in Optics Express 11, no. 26 (December 29, 2003): 3518-527. doi:10.1364/OE.11.003518.
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Recommended Citation
Wang, Ziyang, Erik Zeek, Rick Trebino, and Paul Kvam. "Beyond Error Bars: Understanding Uncertainty in Ultrashort-Pulse Frequency-Resolved-Optical-Gating Measurements in the Presence of Ambiguity." Optics Express 11, no. 26 (December 29, 2003): 3518-527. doi:10.1364/OE.11.003518.