Super continuum pulse compression

[paranoidom]

I have just started to work in a ultrafast spectroscopy lab. My topic that i will be starting on next week is supercontinuum pulse compression. I just graduated with my BS Physics and have only some experience with ultrafast optics.
I know the general theory of how these things work and need a little help:

How does one go about measuring GVD for a white light pulse? what equipment do i need?

[So far, I've narrowed down to FROG for phase/intensity measurements and i will be using a prism compression system but that signal would be really low (being white light)]

Any help is appreciated!

 

[BigJDubs]

In order to measure the group velocity dispersion (GVD) of a white light pulse, you will need to use a technique called Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating (FROG). This technique is based on measuring the phase and intensity of the pulse at different frequencies and then reconstructing the pulse from those measurements. To do this, you will need a FROG setup with some sort of optical source (e.g. a laser), an optical delay line, a beam splitter, two detectors, and an oscilloscope/data acquisition system. The basic idea is that the white light pulse is split and sent to two detectors, one of which is delayed by the optical delay line. By varying the delay time, the phase and intensity of the pulse can be measured as a function of frequency. From these measurements, the GVD can be calculated.