Pulse measurement by time-to-frequency conversion with a quadratic nonlinearity

Author

Kalashyan, M. ; Mansuryan, T. ; Zeytunyan, A. ; Yesayan, G. ; Mouradian, L. ; Louradour, F. ; Barthélémy, A.

Author_Institution

Ultrafast Opt. Lab., Yerevan State Univ., Yerevan

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 29 2008-Oct. 4 2008

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

161

Abstract

We demonstrate a new method of aberration-free time-to-frequency conversion through temporal lensing in a wave mixing process, for the spectrotemporal imaging and femtosecond pulse direct, real-time measurement. The nonlinear-spectronic reference pulse, self-shaped in a single-mode fiber, makes our technique a self-reference one.

Keywords

chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser variables measurement; multiwave mixing; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse shaping; pulse measurement; Kerr lensing; chirp modulation; femtosecond laser system; nonlinear-spectronic reference pulse; pulse measurement; pulse self-shaping; quadratic nonlinearity; real-time measurement; single-mode fiber; spectrotemporal imaging; sum-frequency generation; temporal lensing; time-to-frequency conversion; wave mixing process; Autocorrelation; Chirp; Dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics; chirp; pulse measurements; self-reference; sum-frequency generation; time-to-frequency conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 2008. CAOL 2008. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Crimea

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1973-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1974-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAOL.2008.4671894

Filename

4671894