Ultrafast all-optical first- and higher-order differentiators based on interferometers.
We demonstrate that a conventional two-arm interferometer can implement first-order temporal differentiation of ultrafast arbitrary optical waveforms. Straightforward extension of this technique to nth-order optical differentiation is also suggested. This approach is experimentally demonstrated by an efficient and accurate first- and second-order temporal differentiation of (sub-)picosecond Gaussian optical pulses.
Park
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Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Azaña
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Slavík
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