Data for "Spatiotemporal electric-field characterization of synthesized light transients"

The super-octave bandwidth required for this task dramatically increases the probability of formation of spatio-temporal distortions. Therefore, the accuracy of physical observables can be extremely compromised by the spatial averaging unless complete spatio-temporal field information is known.

Here, we apply electro-optic sampling to record three-dimensional electric-field structure of a sub-cycle synthesized light transient carrying wavelengths from 700 nm to 2700 nm. We show an in-depth picture of the field synthesis process disclosing how temporal, spectral, and global-phase properties of the synthesized pulse vary across space including the propagation direction around the focal point where the transient is generated.