FC Spider

The FC Spider (Few Cycle Spider) by APE provides spectral and temporal characterization of ultrashort laser pulses down to below 5 fs. It covers the visible, the near-infrared as wellas the infrared spectral region. This high-precision tool is ideal for aligning and monitoring the performance of broadband Ti:Sa oscillators and amplifier chains.

Based on the proven and patented Spider (Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-field Reconstruction) technology, using a non-drifting, etalon interferometer and a material dispersion stretcher, the FC Spider directly measures the spectral phase by analyzing a spectral interferogram. In combination with a simultaneously measured power spectrum, real-time calculation and visualization of the spectral and temporal amplitude and phase is accomplished.

• Short pulse characterization down to < 5 fs
• Spectral coverage in the IR range and VIS range
• Real-time and single-shot measurement of phase and intensity
• High level of automated software support and internal camera-assisted alignment
• Full software suite included
• Ideal for broadband Ti:Sa oscillators, hollow-core fiber compressors, and NOPA

Curious to see if a custom FC Spider with your special parameters is possible? Please contact us.

E.g. for NOPA

E.g. for Ti:Sa Compressor

E.g. for fs-Yb Compressor

• Spectral and temporal reconstruction based on Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-field Reconstruction
• E-field plot
• Peak power calculation
• Measurement of phase differences
• Spectral phase analysis up to fourth order
• Simulation of additional theoretical dispersion (GDD, TOD, FOD)
• Spectrogram (X-FROG, SHG-FROG) and Wigner trace representation of the pulse
• Parameter logging
• TCP/IP interface for automated read out and remote access