Table 1.

Comparison between the presented 2D self-referenced spectral interferometry, its previous version (SRSI-ETE), recently developed high dynamic range single-shot cross-correlators (SSCC) and commercially available reference instruments (Sequoia, Tundra, Wizzler, FROG, SPIDER). 

Technique	SNR	DR	TR [ps]	TRes [fs]	pts	NrS	bandw	SpP	SpT	Operating principle
2D SRSI (this work)	>10$_{}^9$	>10$_{}^8$	120	18	4656	1	Full pulse	Yes	Yes	XPW 2D SRSI, single shot, spatio-temporal information, high dynamic spectrogram
SRSI-ETE26	>10$_{}^8$	>10$_{}^5$	18	18	900	1	Full pulse	Yes	Yes	XPW SRSI-ETE, single shot, spatio-temporal information
SSCC-OPR48	>10$_{}^6$	>10$_{}^4$*	200	6260	35	1	SHG/THG limitations	No	No	Optical pulse replicator, single shot, *estimated in multiple shot measurements
SSC-OFG19,49	>10$_{}^9$		114	200	160	1	SHG/THG limitations	No	No	OPA based, optical fiber array, single shot
SSC-OFG -NOPA50	>10$_{}^8$	>10$_{}^2$	14	800	17.5	1	NOPA limitations	No	No	NOPA base, optical fiber array, single shot
SS-FOA21	>10$_{}^{10}$	>10$_{}^4$	65	160	406	1	SFM limitations	No	No	XPW+SFM
SEA-CAR- SPIDER36	>10$_{}^3$	>10$_{}^2$	4.8	<10	1280	1	Full pulse	Yes	Yes	SPIDER principle using spatially encoded interferogram, influence of PSF not specified
WIZZLER FASTLITE28,29	>10$_{}^5$	>10$_{}^4$	5	10	500	1	Full pulse	Yes	No	XPW SRSI single shot, spectral phase reconstruction
FROG SWAMP OPTICS	>10$_{}^3$	>10$_{}^2$	2	35	72	1	Full pulse	Yes	Part*	SHG single-shot, auto-correlation, spectrally resolved *FROG can have partial SpT.
SPIDER APE	>10$_{}^3$	>10$_{}^3$	1	15	>60	1	Full pulse	Yes	No*	SFM single shot spectral, shear interferometer *Custom SPIDERs can have SpT
SEQUOIA AMPLITUDE	>10$_{}^{10}$	>10$_{}^8$	>2000	>100	n.r.	2$·10$$_{}^3$ (3$·10$$_{}^4$)	SHG/THG limitations	No	No	Scanning third order CC
TUNDRA UFI	>10$_{}^{12}$	>10$_{}^8$	>2000	>100	n.r.	4$·$10$_{}^4$	SHG/THG limitations	No	No	Scanning third order CC

SNR: signal to noise ratio, DR: dynamic range (largest signal measured/smallest signal measured), TR: temporal range, TRes: temporal resolution, pts: number of sampling points, NrS: number of required shots per full measurement, bandw: measurement bandwidth, SpP: spectral phase measurement capabilities, SpT: spatio-temporal measurement capabilities, n.r.: not relevant.