Real-time full-field arbitrary optical waveform measurement

Fontaine, Nicolas K.; Scott, Ryan P.; Zhou, Linjie; Soares, Francisco; Yoo, SeokJae

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2010.28

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“…Another direction in self-referenced pulse characterization is based on the use of fast electronic devices, which was suggested initially by Prein et al in 1996 [23]. Recent advances in this field have the promising ability to characterize optical waveform in the subpicosecond regime with extremely high sensitivity [24,25].…”

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What We Can Learn about Ultrashort Pulses by Linear Optical Methods

2013

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Spatiotemporal compression of ultrashort pulses is one of the key issues of chirped pulse amplification (CPA), the most common method to achieve high intensity laser beams. Successful shaping of the temporal envelope and recombination of the spectral components of the broadband pulses need careful alignment of the stretcher-compressor stages. Pulse parameters are required to be measured at the target as well. Several diagnostic techniques have been developed so far for the characterization of ultrashort pulses. Some of these methods utilize nonlinear optical processes, while others based on purely linear optics, in most cases, combined with spectrally resolving device. The goal of this work is to provide a review on the capabilities and limitations of the latter category of the ultrafast diagnostical methods. We feel that the importance of these powerful, easy-to-align, high-precision techniques needs to be emphasized, since their use could gradually improve the efficiency of different CPA systems. We give a general description on the background of spectrally resolved linear interferometry and demonstrate various schematic experimental layouts for the detection of material dispersion, angular dispersion and carrier-envelope phase drift. Precision estimations and discussion of potential applications are also provided.

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What We Can Learn about Ultrashort Pulses by Linear Optical Methods

2013

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“…Figure 3b illustrates how an OAWM receiver characterizes waveforms through the coherent detection of M spectral slices, each with bandwidth f M . For the receiver, a reference OFC with M-lines spaced at f M provides a reference tone for the detection of each spectral slice [21]. The reference comb lines are isolated using a spectral demultiplexer with narrow and discrete passbands, and the signal is divided into spectral slices using a separate gapless spectral demultiplexer that has strongly overlapping passbands.…”

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Software defined elastic optical networking in temporal, spectral, and spatial domains

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This paper discusses architecture, protocol, technologies, systems, and networking testbed for softwaredefined elastic optical networking in temporal, spectral, and spatial domains. By exploiting the progress in elastic optical networking (EON) in temporal and spectral domains utilizing dynamic optical arbitrary waveform generation and measurement technologies, and by extending the EON concept into the spatial domain through the new orbital angular momentum-based spatial division multiplexing, we realize EON exploiting elasticity in temporal, spectral, and spatial domains (3D-EON). Routing, spectral, spatial mode, and modulation format assignment with fragmentation awareness as well as hitless defragmentation for high capacity, high quality of service, and resource-efficient networking will be pursued. OpenFlow-based 3D-EON testbed at UC Davis includes optical supervisory channel with optical performance monitoring for software-defined networking with an adaptive observe-analyze-act cycle.

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“…In addition, recent progress in synthesizing arbitrary optical waveforms [4][5][6] has intensified the effort toward providing simple and practical metrological methods to measure complex pulses having large time-bandwidth products (TBPs). These developments are creating a growing and compelling need for ultrafast coherent optical pulse measurement techniques that can operate at milliwatt peak power levels and on timescales ranging from sub-picoseconds to nanoseconds.…”

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