Direct carrieraenvelope phase stabilization of a soliton-effect compressed sub-two-cycle pulse source through nonlinear mixing of solitonic and dispersive waves

We present a carrieraenvelope phase (CEP) stabilized sub-two-cycle 5.2 fs pulse source based on soliton-effect self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses in millimetre-long highly nonlinear photonic crystal fibres. We employ a simple and efficient scheme to generate a strong (40a60 dB, configurati...

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Published inApplied physics. B, Lasers and optics Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 659 - 664
Main Authors Amorim, A A, Bernardo, L M, KAOrtner, F X, Crespo, H M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.06.2013
Subjects
Carriers
Femtosecond
Lasers
Noise levels
Nonlinearity
Photonic crystals
Solitons
Spectra
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Summary:We present a carrieraenvelope phase (CEP) stabilized sub-two-cycle 5.2 fs pulse source based on soliton-effect self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses in millimetre-long highly nonlinear photonic crystal fibres. We employ a simple and efficient scheme to generate a strong (40a60 dB, configuration dependent) CEP beat signal directly from the pulse source via f-to-2f interferometry where the second harmonic of the main soliton pulse is mixed with the isolated dispersive blue/green radiation peak that is also generated in the compression process, obviating the need for additional spectral broadening mechanisms.
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ISSN:0946-2171
1432-0649
DOI:10.1007/s00340-013-5393-6