Studying the role of nonlinear medium thickness in the characterization of 1.5-cycle pulses using XPW dispersion scan

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Tajalli, A (Author) Other; Ouille, M (Author) Other; Vernier, A (Author) Other; Böhle, F (Author) Other; Escoto, E (Author) Other; Kleinert, S (Author) Other; Romero, R (Author) Other; Csontos, J (Author) Other; Morgner, U (Author) Other; Steinmeyer, G (Author) Other; Crespo, H (Author) FCUP; Lopez Martens, R (Author) Other; Nagy, T (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019

2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019

23 June 2019 through 27 June 2019

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Authenticus ID: P-00R-90C

DOI: 10.1109/cleoe-eqec.2019.8872833

Abstract (EN): When light sources approach the single cycle limit, both their dispersion compensation as well as pulse characterization become increasingly challenging. As all pulse characterization methods rely on some optical non-linearity, concomitant phase matching issues or dispersive broadening inside the nonlinear medium may severely corrupt the measurement result. One of the best suited methods for characterizing sub-2-cycle pulses is the dispersion scan (d-scan) technique that traditionally relies on second harmonic generation (SHG) as the nonlinear interaction [1]. However, using frequency conversion as a nonlinearity phase matching is the dominant limitation obscuring smaller propagation effects. By using cross-polarized wave (XPW) generation [2] in the d-scan arrangement [3], where no frequency conversion takes place, the phase matching issues are eliminated, uncovering the dispersion and self-phase modulation (SPM), inherently present in the propagation. © 2019 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific