Synthesis and measurement of ultrafast waveforms from five discrete optical harmonics.
Achieving the control of light fields in a manner similar in sophistication to the control of electromagnetic fields in the microwave and radiofrequency regimes has been a major challenge in optical physics research. We manipulated the phase and amplitude of five discrete harmonics spanning the blue to mid-infrared frequencies to produce instantaneous optical fields in the shape of square, sawtooth, and subcycle sine and cosine pulses at a repetition rate of 125 terahertz. Furthermore, we developed an all-optical shaper-assisted linear cross-correlation technique to retrieve these fields and thereby verified their shapes and confirmed the critical role of carrier-envelope phase in Fourier synthesis of optical waveforms.
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Han-Sung
HS
Chan
Zhi-Ming
ZM
Hsieh
Wei-Hong
WH
Liang
A H
AH
Kung
Chao-Kuei
CK
Lee
Chien-Jen
CJ
Lai
Ru-Pin
RP
Pan
Lung-Han
LH
Peng