Kilohertz generation of high contrast polarization states for visible femtosecond pulses via phase-locked acousto-optic pulse shapers

Seiler, Hélène; Walsh, Brenna; Palato, Samuel; Kambhampati, Patanjali; Thai, Alexandre; Forget, Nicolas; Crozatier, Vincent

doi:10.1063/1.4929954

Title: Kilohertz generation of high contrast polarization states for visible femtosecond pulses via phase-locked acousto-optic pulse shapers

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We present a detailed analysis of a setup capable of arbitrary amplitude, phase, and polarization shaping of broadband visible femtosecond pulses at 1 kHz via a pair of actively phase stabilized acousto-optic programmable dispersive filters arranged in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer geometry. The setup features phase stability values around λ/225 at 580 nm as well as degrees of polarization of at least 0.9 for any polarization state. Both numbers are important metrics to evaluate a setup's potential for applications based on polarization-shaped femtosecond pulses, such as fully coherent multi-dimensional electronic spectroscopy.

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Seiler, Hélène; Walsh, Brenna; Palato, Samuel; Kambhampati, Patanjali ^[1]; Thai, Alexandre; Forget, Nicolas ^[2]; Crozatier, Vincent ^[3]

Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8 (Canada)
Fastlite, 1900 route des Crêtes, 06560 Valbonne (France)
Fastlite, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, Bât.503, Plateau du Moulon, BP 45 Orsay (France)

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22489454

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Applied Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 118; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; AMPLITUDES; FILTERS; KHZ RANGE 01-100; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; METRICS; PHASE STABILITY; POLARIZATION; PULSE SHAPERS; PULSES; SPECTROSCOPY

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                    Seiler, Hélène, Walsh, Brenna, Palato, Samuel, Kambhampati, Patanjali, Thai, Alexandre, Forget, Nicolas, and Crozatier, Vincent. Kilohertz generation of high contrast polarization states for visible femtosecond pulses via phase-locked acousto-optic pulse shapers.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Seiler, Hélène, Walsh, Brenna, Palato, Samuel, Kambhampati, Patanjali, Thai, Alexandre, Forget, Nicolas, & Crozatier, Vincent. Kilohertz generation of high contrast polarization states for visible femtosecond pulses via phase-locked acousto-optic pulse shapers.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929954

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                    Seiler, Hélène, Walsh, Brenna, Palato, Samuel, Kambhampati, Patanjali, Thai, Alexandre, Forget, Nicolas, and Crozatier, Vincent. 2015.  
        "Kilohertz generation of high contrast polarization states for visible femtosecond pulses via phase-locked acousto-optic pulse shapers".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929954.

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@article{osti_22489454,

  title        = {Kilohertz generation of high contrast polarization states for visible femtosecond pulses via phase-locked acousto-optic pulse shapers},

  author       = {Seiler, Hélène and Walsh, Brenna and Palato, Samuel and Kambhampati, Patanjali and Thai, Alexandre and Forget, Nicolas and Crozatier, Vincent},

  abstractNote = {We present a detailed analysis of a setup capable of arbitrary amplitude, phase, and polarization shaping of broadband visible femtosecond pulses at 1 kHz via a pair of actively phase stabilized acousto-optic programmable dispersive filters arranged in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer geometry. The setup features phase stability values around λ/225 at 580 nm as well as degrees of polarization of at least 0.9 for any polarization state. Both numbers are important metrics to evaluate a setup's potential for applications based on polarization-shaped femtosecond pulses, such as fully coherent multi-dimensional electronic spectroscopy.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4929954},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22489454},
  journal      = {Journal of Applied Physics},

  issn         = {0021-8979},

  number       = 10,

  volume       = 118,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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