Single-shot high-resolution characterization of optical pulses by spectral phase diversity
Abstract
The concept of spectral phase diversity is proposed and applied to the temporal characterization of optical pulses. The experimental trace is composed of the measured power of a plurality of ancillary optical pulses derived from the pulse under test by adding known amounts of chromatic dispersion. The spectral phase of the pulse under test is retrieved by minimizing the error between the experimental trace and a trace calculated from the optical spectrum using the known diagnostic parameters. An assembly composed of splitters and dispersive delay fibers has been used to generate 64 ancillary pulses whose instantaneous power can be detected in a single shot with a high-bandwidth photodiode and oscilloscope. Pulse-shape reconstruction for pulses shorter than the photodetection impulse response has been demonstrated.The diagnostic is experimentally shown to accurately characterize pulses from a chirped-pulse–amplification system when its stretcher is detuned from the position for optimal recompression. As a result, various investigations of the performance with respect to the number of ancillary pulses and the range of chromatic dispersion generated in the diagnostic are presented.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1227121
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001944
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ultrafast technology; ultrafast measurements; lasers; pulses
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Dorrer, C., Waxer, L. J., Kalb, A., Hill, E. M., and Bromage, J. Single-shot high-resolution characterization of optical pulses by spectral phase diversity. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.23.033116.
Dorrer, C., Waxer, L. J., Kalb, A., Hill, E. M., & Bromage, J. Single-shot high-resolution characterization of optical pulses by spectral phase diversity. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.033116
Dorrer, C., Waxer, L. J., Kalb, A., Hill, E. M., and Bromage, J. Tue .
"Single-shot high-resolution characterization of optical pulses by spectral phase diversity". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.033116. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1227121.
@article{osti_1227121,
title = {Single-shot high-resolution characterization of optical pulses by spectral phase diversity},
author = {Dorrer, C. and Waxer, L. J. and Kalb, A. and Hill, E. M. and Bromage, J.},
abstractNote = {The concept of spectral phase diversity is proposed and applied to the temporal characterization of optical pulses. The experimental trace is composed of the measured power of a plurality of ancillary optical pulses derived from the pulse under test by adding known amounts of chromatic dispersion. The spectral phase of the pulse under test is retrieved by minimizing the error between the experimental trace and a trace calculated from the optical spectrum using the known diagnostic parameters. An assembly composed of splitters and dispersive delay fibers has been used to generate 64 ancillary pulses whose instantaneous power can be detected in a single shot with a high-bandwidth photodiode and oscilloscope. Pulse-shape reconstruction for pulses shorter than the photodetection impulse response has been demonstrated.The diagnostic is experimentally shown to accurately characterize pulses from a chirped-pulse–amplification system when its stretcher is detuned from the position for optimal recompression. As a result, various investigations of the performance with respect to the number of ancillary pulses and the range of chromatic dispersion generated in the diagnostic are presented.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.23.033116},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 26,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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