Title :
Near quantum-limited single-shot full-field measurements of arbitrarily shaped optical waveforms
Author :
Fontaine, N.K. ; Scott, R.P. ; Yang, C. ; Heritage, J.P. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates single-shot, four-quadrature balanced homodyne detection in the spectral domain for full field measurements of 500-GHz bandwidth 150-aJ optical waveforms with 200-ps record lengths. Results indicate essentially quantum-limited performance.
Keywords :
homodyne detection; optical pulse generation; optical variables measurement; phase measurement; waveform analysis; arbitrarily shaped optical waveforms; frequency 500 GHz; full-field measurements; homodyne detection; near quantum-limited single-shot; spectral domain; time 200 ps; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical pulse shaping; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Roentgenium; Shape measurement; Ultrafast optics; (120.5050) Phase measurement; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
