Ultrashort pulse measurements by interferometric spectrogram

doi:10.1364/OE.18.006877

Ultrashort pulse measurements by interferometric spectrogram

Li-Fan Yang, Shih-Lun Lin, and Shang-Da Yang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 7, pp. 6877-6884 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.006877

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate that an interferometric spectrogram (i.e., fringe- and frequency-resolved autocorrelation trace) with high signal-to-noise ratio can be processed by three different procedures to accurately retrieve the spectral phase profile. We also show that the data redundancy built in the interferometric spectrogram permits simultaneous retrieval of multiple spectral phase solutions, and their weighted average may give a highly robust result against the measurement noise.

OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(320.7100) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast measurements
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

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History
Original Manuscript: February 4, 2010
Revised Manuscript: March 5, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: March 9, 2010
Published: March 18, 2010

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Li-Fan Yang, Shih-Lun Lin, and Shang-Da Yang, "Ultrashort pulse measurements by interferometric spectrogram," Opt. Express 18, 6877-6884 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-7-6877

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H. T. Shang, “Chromatic dispersion measurement by white-light interferometry on metre-length single-mode optical fibres,” Electron. Lett. 17(17), 603–605 (1981). [CrossRef]
N. Dudovich, D. Oron, and Y. Silberberg, “Single-pulse coherently controlled nonlinear Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” Nature 418(6897), 512–514 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
E. Matsubara, K. Yamane, T. Sekikawa, and M. Yamashita, “Generation of 2.6 fs optical pulses using induced-phase modulation in a gas-filled hollow fiber,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24(4), 985–989 (2007). [CrossRef]
Z. Jiang, C.-B. Huang, D. E. Leaird, and A. M. Weiner, “Optical arbitrary waveform processing of more than 100 spectral comb lines,” Nat. Photonics 1(8), 463–467 (2007). [CrossRef]
D. N. Fittinghoff, J. L. Bowie, J. N. Sweetser, R. T. Jennings, M. A. Krumbüugel, K. W. Delong, R. Trebino, and I. A. Walmsley, “Measurement of the intensity and phase of ultraweak, ultrashort laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 21(12), 884–886 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. Kang and C. Dorrer, “Method of optical pulse characterization using sinusoidal optical phase modulations,” Opt. Lett. 32(17), 2538–2540 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
R. Trebino, P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, X. Gu, S. Akturk, and M. Kimmel, “Simple devices for measuring complex ultrashort pulses,” Laser Photon. Rev. 3(3), 314–342 (2009). [CrossRef]
C. Iaconis and I. A. Walmsley, “Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction of ultrashort optical pulses,” Opt. Lett. 23(10), 792–794 (1998). [CrossRef]
H. Miao, D. E. Leaird, C. Langrock, M. M. Fejer, and A. M. Weiner, “Optical arbitrary waveform characterization via dual-quadrature spectral shearing interferometry,” Opt. Express 17(5), 3381–3389 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. N. Fittinghoff, K. W. DeLong, R. Trebino, and C. L. Ladera, “Noise sensitivity in frequency-resolved optical-gating measurements of ultrashort pulses,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12(10), 1955–1967 (1995). [CrossRef]
S.-D. Yang, A. M. Weiner, K. R. Parameswaran, and M. M. Fejer, “Ultrasensitive second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating by aperiodically poled LiNbO3 waveguides at 1.5 microm,” Opt. Lett. 30(16), 2164–2166 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. Amat-Roldán, I. Cormack, P. Loza-Alvarez, E. Gualda, and D. Artigas, “Ultrashort pulse characterisation with SHG collinear-FROG,” Opt. Express 12(6), 1169–1178 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. Stibenz and G. Steinmeyer, “Interferometric frequency-resolved optical gating,” Opt. Express 13(7), 2617–2626 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. Amat-Roldán, I. G. Cormack, P. Loza-Alvarez, and D. Artigas, “Measurement of electric field by interferometric spectral trace observation,” Opt. Lett. 30(9), 1063–1065 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. Amat-Roldan, D. Artigas, I. G. Cormack, and P. Loza-Alvarez, “Simultaneous analytical characterisation of two ultrashort laser pulses using spectrally resolved interferometric correlations,” Opt. Express 14(10), 4538–4551 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S.-D. Yang, C.-S. Hsu, S.-L. Lin, H. Miao, C.-B. Huang, and A. M. Weiner, “Direct spectral phase retrieval of ultrashort pulses by double modified one-dimensional autocorrelation traces,” Opt. Express 16(25), 20617–20625 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S.-D. Yang, C.-S. Hsu, S.-L. Lin, Y.-S. Lin, C. Langrock, and M. M. Fejer, “Ultrasensitive direct-field retrieval of femtosecond pulses by modified interferometric field autocorrelation,” Opt. Lett. 34(20), 3065–3067 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C.-S. Hsu and S.-D. Yang, “Robustness enhancement of iteration-free spectral phase retrieval by interferometric second-harmonic trace,” presented at the Conference on Lasers & Electro Optics, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 6–11 May, 2007.

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[1] H. T. Shang, “Chromatic dispersion measurement by white-light interferometry on metre-length single-mode optical fibres,” Electron. Lett. 17(17), 603–605 (1981). [CrossRef]

[2] N. Dudovich, D. Oron, and Y. Silberberg, “Single-pulse coherently controlled nonlinear Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” Nature 418(6897), 512–514 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] E. Matsubara, K. Yamane, T. Sekikawa, and M. Yamashita, “Generation of 2.6 fs optical pulses using induced-phase modulation in a gas-filled hollow fiber,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24(4), 985–989 (2007). [CrossRef]

[4] Z. Jiang, C.-B. Huang, D. E. Leaird, and A. M. Weiner, “Optical arbitrary waveform processing of more than 100 spectral comb lines,” Nat. Photonics 1(8), 463–467 (2007). [CrossRef]

[5] D. N. Fittinghoff, J. L. Bowie, J. N. Sweetser, R. T. Jennings, M. A. Krumbüugel, K. W. Delong, R. Trebino, and I. A. Walmsley, “Measurement of the intensity and phase of ultraweak, ultrashort laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 21(12), 884–886 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] I. Kang and C. Dorrer, “Method of optical pulse characterization using sinusoidal optical phase modulations,” Opt. Lett. 32(17), 2538–2540 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] R. Trebino, P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, X. Gu, S. Akturk, and M. Kimmel, “Simple devices for measuring complex ultrashort pulses,” Laser Photon. Rev. 3(3), 314–342 (2009). [CrossRef]

[8] C. Iaconis and I. A. Walmsley, “Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction of ultrashort optical pulses,” Opt. Lett. 23(10), 792–794 (1998). [CrossRef]

[9] H. Miao, D. E. Leaird, C. Langrock, M. M. Fejer, and A. M. Weiner, “Optical arbitrary waveform characterization via dual-quadrature spectral shearing interferometry,” Opt. Express 17(5), 3381–3389 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] D. N. Fittinghoff, K. W. DeLong, R. Trebino, and C. L. Ladera, “Noise sensitivity in frequency-resolved optical-gating measurements of ultrashort pulses,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12(10), 1955–1967 (1995). [CrossRef]

[11] S.-D. Yang, A. M. Weiner, K. R. Parameswaran, and M. M. Fejer, “Ultrasensitive second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating by aperiodically poled LiNbO3 waveguides at 1.5 microm,” Opt. Lett. 30(16), 2164–2166 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] I. Amat-Roldán, I. Cormack, P. Loza-Alvarez, E. Gualda, and D. Artigas, “Ultrashort pulse characterisation with SHG collinear-FROG,” Opt. Express 12(6), 1169–1178 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] G. Stibenz and G. Steinmeyer, “Interferometric frequency-resolved optical gating,” Opt. Express 13(7), 2617–2626 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] I. Amat-Roldán, I. G. Cormack, P. Loza-Alvarez, and D. Artigas, “Measurement of electric field by interferometric spectral trace observation,” Opt. Lett. 30(9), 1063–1065 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] I. Amat-Roldan, D. Artigas, I. G. Cormack, and P. Loza-Alvarez, “Simultaneous analytical characterisation of two ultrashort laser pulses using spectrally resolved interferometric correlations,” Opt. Express 14(10), 4538–4551 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[16] S.-D. Yang, C.-S. Hsu, S.-L. Lin, H. Miao, C.-B. Huang, and A. M. Weiner, “Direct spectral phase retrieval of ultrashort pulses by double modified one-dimensional autocorrelation traces,” Opt. Express 16(25), 20617–20625 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] S.-D. Yang, C.-S. Hsu, S.-L. Lin, Y.-S. Lin, C. Langrock, and M. M. Fejer, “Ultrasensitive direct-field retrieval of femtosecond pulses by modified interferometric field autocorrelation,” Opt. Lett. 34(20), 3065–3067 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[18] C.-S. Hsu and S.-D. Yang, “Robustness enhancement of iteration-free spectral phase retrieval by interferometric second-harmonic trace,” presented at the Conference on Lasers & Electro Optics, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 6–11 May, 2007.

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