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Title: A time-to-frequency converter for measuring the shape of short optical pulses

Abstract

A time-to-frequency converter was constructed using an electro-optic phase modulator as a time lens, allowing the pulse shape in time to be transferred to the frequency domain. We used such a device to record the temporal shape of infrared pulses at a wavelength of 1053 nm (width about 7 ps) and compared these measurements to those made by using both a streak camera and an autocorrelator. This side-by-side comparison illustrates the benefits and limitations of each of the measurement methods. Numerical simulations were used to establish that our time-lens-based system can accurately measure the shape of infrared pulses between 3 ps and 12 ps. We also use our numerical model to determine how such a system can be modified to measure pulses whose width lies in the range of 1–30 ps, a range of interest for the OMEGA-EP laser at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

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  1. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Inst. of Optics, Lab. for Laser Energetics
  2. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1557851
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1557885
Report Number(s):
2017-222; 1513
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748; 2017-222, 2474, 1513
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0001944; ECCS-1505636
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Plansinis, Brent W., Donaldson, William R., and Agrawal, Govind P. A time-to-frequency converter for measuring the shape of short optical pulses. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5059553.
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Plansinis, Brent W., Donaldson, William R., & Agrawal, Govind P. A time-to-frequency converter for measuring the shape of short optical pulses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5059553
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Plansinis, Brent W., Donaldson, William R., and Agrawal, Govind P. Mon . "A time-to-frequency converter for measuring the shape of short optical pulses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5059553. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1557851.
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@article{osti_1557851,
title = {A time-to-frequency converter for measuring the shape of short optical pulses},
author = {Plansinis, Brent W. and Donaldson, William R. and Agrawal, Govind P.},
abstractNote = {A time-to-frequency converter was constructed using an electro-optic phase modulator as a time lens, allowing the pulse shape in time to be transferred to the frequency domain. We used such a device to record the temporal shape of infrared pulses at a wavelength of 1053 nm (width about 7 ps) and compared these measurements to those made by using both a streak camera and an autocorrelator. This side-by-side comparison illustrates the benefits and limitations of each of the measurement methods. Numerical simulations were used to establish that our time-lens-based system can accurately measure the shape of infrared pulses between 3 ps and 12 ps. We also use our numerical model to determine how such a system can be modified to measure pulses whose width lies in the range of 1–30 ps, a range of interest for the OMEGA-EP laser at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5059553},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 8,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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