Adaptively shaped mid-infrared pulses from a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator
Adaptively shaped mid-infrared pulses from a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator
Adaptively shaped, sub-picosecond pulses at 3.4µm are obtained from a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate. A simulated annealing algorithm is used in a learning loop to gain adaptive control of the midinfrared idler pulse shape via shaping of a chirped near-infrared pump pulse.
Both indirect control, via optimization of the signal average power, and direct control, via optimization of the two-photon absorption of the idler in an InGaAs detector, has been demonstrated. Both these optimization parameters lead to compressed idler pulses, with slightly differing pulse shapes. By optimization of the cross correlation signal in an interferometer with unequal arm lengths we are also able to deliver compressed double pulses with a variable time delay.
parametric oscillators and amplifiers, ultrafast nonlinear optics, pulse shaping
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O'Connor, M.V.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Naz, N.A., Hung, H.S.S., O'Connor, M.V., Hanna, D.C. and Shepherd, D.P.
(2005)
Adaptively shaped mid-infrared pulses from a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator.
Optics Express, 13 (21), .
(doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.008400).
Abstract
Adaptively shaped, sub-picosecond pulses at 3.4µm are obtained from a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate. A simulated annealing algorithm is used in a learning loop to gain adaptive control of the midinfrared idler pulse shape via shaping of a chirped near-infrared pump pulse.
Both indirect control, via optimization of the signal average power, and direct control, via optimization of the two-photon absorption of the idler in an InGaAs detector, has been demonstrated. Both these optimization parameters lead to compressed idler pulses, with slightly differing pulse shapes. By optimization of the cross correlation signal in an interferometer with unequal arm lengths we are also able to deliver compressed double pulses with a variable time delay.
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Published date: 2005
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parametric oscillators and amplifiers, ultrafast nonlinear optics, pulse shaping
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ISSN: 1094-4087
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