Canhota, MiguelSilva, FranciscoWeigand Talavera, Rosa MaríaCrespo, Helder M.2023-06-172023-06-172017-08-010146-959210.1364/OL.42.003048https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18218© 2017 Optical Society of America. Funding: Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [UID/NAN/50024/2013]; Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) [FIS2013-41709P]We present an implementation of dispersion-scan based on self-diffraction (SD d-scan) and apply it to the measurement of over octave-spanning sub-4-fs pulses. The results are compared with second-harmonic generation (SHG) d-scan. The efficiency of the SD process is derived theoretically and compared with the spectral response retrieved by the d-scan algorithm. The new SD d-scan has a robust inline setup and enables measuring pulses with over-octave spectra, single-cycle durations, and wavelength ranges beyond those of SHG crystals, such as the ultraviolet and the deep-ultraviolet. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.003048https://www.osapublishing.orgopen access535Spectral phase interferometryElectric-field reconstructionUltrashort laser-pulsesSimultaneous compressionShearing interferometryGenerationRetrievalÓptica (Física)2209.19 Óptica Física