Ultra-broadband Phase-matching Ultrashort- Laser-pulse Measurement Techniques

Dedicated to my wife, Seonghee Jeong, and my parents iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank all people who helped me in many different ways during my graduate school years. First of all, I would like to especially thank Rick Trebino not only for sharing his knowledge and experience since the beginning, but also for his constantly encouraging and motivating me, which could make this thesis possible. In addition, I and Zyiang but I want to especially thank Pablo for discussing many problems and helping me with pleasure. And I would like to especially thank Qiang and Selcuk for helping me in many ways during my first and second years in this group. Finally, I wish to thank to my family: my father Eunsoo, my mother Soonduck Kim, my sisters Haegyung, Gyunghee, and my brother Chunjoo and especially thank my wife Seonghee Jeong and my son Seungmin.