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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 24 — Nov. 19, 2012
  • pp: 27388–27395

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High resolution time-to-space conversion of sub-picosecond pulses at 1.55µm by non-degenerate SFG in PPLN crystal

Dror Shayovitz, Harald Herrmann, Wolfgang Sohler, Raimund Ricken, Christine Silberhorn, and Dan M. Marom  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 24, pp. 27388-27395 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.027388


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Abstract

We demonstrate high resolution and increased efficiency background-free time-to-space conversion using spectrally resolved non-degenerate and collinear SFG in a bulk PPLN crystal. A serial-to-parallel resolution factor of 95 and a time window of 42 ps were achieved. A 60-fold increase in conversion efficiency slope compared with our previous work using a BBO crystal [D. Shayovitz and D. M. Marom, Opt. Lett. 36, 1957 (2011)] was recorded. Finally the measured 40 GHz narrow linewidth of the output SFG signal implies the possibility to extract phase information by employing coherent detection techniques.

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OCIS Codes
(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(320.0320) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast optics

ToC Category:
Signal Processing in X(2) Materials

History
Original Manuscript: September 5, 2012
Revised Manuscript: October 27, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: October 28, 2012
Published: November 19, 2012

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Nonlinear Photonics (2012) Optics Express

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Dror Shayovitz, Harald Herrmann, Wolfgang Sohler, Raimund Ricken, Christine Silberhorn, and Dan M. Marom, "High resolution time-to-space conversion of sub-picosecond pulses at 1.55µm by non-degenerate SFG in PPLN crystal," Opt. Express 20, 27388-27395 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-24-27388


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