title: Mid-infrared polarization pulse shaping by parametric transfer.
abstract: We demonstrate the generation of arbitrary amplitude, phase, and polarization controlled pulses in the mid-infrared (MIR) tunable around 3.5 microm. Two temporally separated sets of individually phase and amplitude shaped pulse profiles in the near-infrared are transferred into the MIR via two independent optical parametric amplification processes in two perpendicularly oriented nonlinear crystals in a common-path geometry. The resulting two shaped MIR light fields of orthogonal polarizations are temporally recombined interferometrically in a birefringent material.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences,Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
authors.forename: Marco Thomas
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: Suxia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Howe-Siang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Tan