Pulse-front tilt caused by spatial and temporal chirp

Pulse-front tilt in ultrashort laser pulses is usually considered equivalent to angular dispersion. We prove, however, that the combination of spatial and temporal chirp also produces pulse-front tilt. We verify this experimentally using a GRENOUILLE.

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