Shaper-assisted phase optimization of a broad “holey” spectrum

doi:10.1364/OE.19.023400

Shaper-assisted phase optimization of a broad “holey” spectrum

Miaochan Zhi, Kai Wang, Xia Hua, Benjamin D. Strycker, and Alexei V. Sokolov »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 23, pp. 23400-23407 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.023400

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We develop a technique for optimizing the phase of broad spectrally-separated frequency sidebands—a “holey” spectrum. We use a source of multiple-order coherent Raman sidebands, obtained by crossing femtosecond pump and Stokes beams in synthetic single-crystal diamond. We combine the sidebands into a single beam and show the phase coherence among the sidebands by investigating the interference between them in groups of three while varying one sideband phase by an acousto-optics pulse shaper. We then show how we optimize the broad “holey” spectrum by overcoming the limited temporal shaping window of the pulse shaper. We also explore how the resultant second harmonic/sum frequency generation of the full combined broadband spectrum varies as we vary different sideband phases. This step-by-step phase optimization of the “holey” spectrum can be applied to sidebands with similar structure to synthesize arbitrary optical waveforms.

OCIS Codes
(190.5650) Nonlinear optics : Raman effect
(320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

ToC Category:
Frequency Conversion, Combs and Nonlinear Waveguides

History
Original Manuscript: September 6, 2011
Revised Manuscript: October 18, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: October 24, 2011
Published: November 2, 2011

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Nonlinear Optics (2011) Optical Materials Express

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Miaochan Zhi, Kai Wang, Xia Hua, Benjamin D. Strycker, and Alexei V. Sokolov, "Shaper-assisted phase optimization of a broad “holey” spectrum," Opt. Express 19, 23400-23407 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-23-23400

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A. V. Sokolov and S. E. Harris, “Ultrashort pulse generation by molecular modulation,” J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclassical Opt.5, R1–R26 (2003). [CrossRef]
A. V. Sokolov, M. Y. Shverdin, D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, A. M. Burzo, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “Generation and control of femtosecond pulses by molecular modulation,” J. Mod. Opt.52, 285–304 (2005). [CrossRef]
M. Zhi and A. V. Sokolov, “Broadband coherent light generation in a Raman-active crystal driven by two-color femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Lett.32, 2251–2253 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Zhi, X. Wang, and A. V. Sokolov, “Broadband coherent light generation in diamond driven by femtosecond pulses,” Opt. Express16, 12139–12147 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Chan, Z. Hsieh, W. Liang, A. H. Kung, C. Lee, C. Lai, R. Pan, and L. Peng, “Synthesis and Measurement of Ultrafast Waveforms from Five Discrete Optical Harmonics,” Science331, 1165–1168 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Zhi, K Wang, X. Hua, and A. V. Sokolov, “Pulse-shaper-assisted phase control of a coherent broadband spectrum of Raman sidebands,” Opt. Lett.36, 4032–4034 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Keusters, H. Tan, P. OŚhea, E. Zeek, R. Trebino, and W. S. Warren, “Relative-phase ambiguities in measurements of ultrashort pulses with well-separated multiple frequency components,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B20, 2226–2237 (2003). [CrossRef]
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Z. Hsieh, C. Lai, H. Chan, S. Wu, C. Lee, W. Chen, C. Pan, F. Yee, and A. H. Kung, “Controlling the carrier-envelope phase of Raman-Generated periodic waveforms,” Phys. Rev. Lett.102, 213902 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Zhi and A. V. Sokolov, “Broadband generation in a Raman crystal driven by a pair of time-delayed linearly chirped pulses,” New J. Phys.10, 025032 (2008). [CrossRef]
E. Matsubara, Y. Kawamoto, T. Sekikawa, and M. Yamashita, “Generation of ultrashort optical pulses in the 10 fs regime using multicolor Raman sidebands in KTaO3,” Opt. Lett.34, 1837–1839 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. Forget, V. Crozatier, and T. Oksenhendler, “Pulse-measurement techniques using a single amplitude and phase spectral shaper,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B27, 742–756 (2010). [CrossRef]
S. L. Cousin, N. Forget, A. Grün, P. K. Bates, D. R. Austin, and J. Biegert, “Few-cycle pulse characterization with an acousto-optic pulse shaper,” Opt. Lett.36, 2803–2805 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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S. T. Cundiff and A. M. Weiner, “Optical arbitrary waveform generation,” Nature Photon.4, 760–766 (2010). [CrossRef]

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[1] A. V. Sokolov and S. E. Harris, “Ultrashort pulse generation by molecular modulation,” J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclassical Opt.5, R1–R26 (2003). [CrossRef]

[2] A. V. Sokolov, M. Y. Shverdin, D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, A. M. Burzo, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “Generation and control of femtosecond pulses by molecular modulation,” J. Mod. Opt.52, 285–304 (2005). [CrossRef]

[3] M. Zhi and A. V. Sokolov, “Broadband coherent light generation in a Raman-active crystal driven by two-color femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Lett.32, 2251–2253 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] M. Zhi, X. Wang, and A. V. Sokolov, “Broadband coherent light generation in diamond driven by femtosecond pulses,” Opt. Express16, 12139–12147 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] H. Chan, Z. Hsieh, W. Liang, A. H. Kung, C. Lee, C. Lai, R. Pan, and L. Peng, “Synthesis and Measurement of Ultrafast Waveforms from Five Discrete Optical Harmonics,” Science331, 1165–1168 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] M. Zhi, K Wang, X. Hua, and A. V. Sokolov, “Pulse-shaper-assisted phase control of a coherent broadband spectrum of Raman sidebands,” Opt. Lett.36, 4032–4034 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] D. Keusters, H. Tan, P. OŚhea, E. Zeek, R. Trebino, and W. S. Warren, “Relative-phase ambiguities in measurements of ultrashort pulses with well-separated multiple frequency components,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B20, 2226–2237 (2003). [CrossRef]

[8] T. W. Hänsch, “A proposed sub-femtosecond pulse synthesizer using separate phase-locked laser oscillators,” Opt. Commun.80, 71–75 (1990). [CrossRef]

[9] Z. Hsieh, C. Lai, H. Chan, S. Wu, C. Lee, W. Chen, C. Pan, F. Yee, and A. H. Kung, “Controlling the carrier-envelope phase of Raman-Generated periodic waveforms,” Phys. Rev. Lett.102, 213902 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] M. Zhi and A. V. Sokolov, “Broadband generation in a Raman crystal driven by a pair of time-delayed linearly chirped pulses,” New J. Phys.10, 025032 (2008). [CrossRef]

[11] E. Matsubara, Y. Kawamoto, T. Sekikawa, and M. Yamashita, “Generation of ultrashort optical pulses in the 10 fs regime using multicolor Raman sidebands in KTaO3,” Opt. Lett.34, 1837–1839 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] N. Forget, V. Crozatier, and T. Oksenhendler, “Pulse-measurement techniques using a single amplitude and phase spectral shaper,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B27, 742–756 (2010). [CrossRef]

[13] S. L. Cousin, N. Forget, A. Grün, P. K. Bates, D. R. Austin, and J. Biegert, “Few-cycle pulse characterization with an acousto-optic pulse shaper,” Opt. Lett.36, 2803–2805 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] M. Zhi and A. V. Sokolov, “Toward single-cycle pulse generation in Raman-active crystals,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. in press.

[15] D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, M. Y. Shverdin, G. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “A Quasiperiodic Approach to Ultrashort Pulses,” Opt. Photon. News14, 46–51 (2003). [CrossRef]

[16] S. T. Cundiff and A. M. Weiner, “Optical arbitrary waveform generation,” Nature Photon.4, 760–766 (2010). [CrossRef]

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