title: Ultrafast waveform synthesis and characterization using coherent Raman sidebands in a reflection scheme.
abstract: Coherent Raman sidebands have the potential to serve as a source of single cycle pulses. We generate these sidebands by crossing two-color femtosecond laser pulses in a Raman-active crystal. We design a reflection scheme using spherical mirrors to combine coherent Raman sidebands. The sidebands and the driving pulses are refocused back to the Raman crystal and the relative spectral phases are retrieved from an interferogram based on the nonlinear Raman interaction. Furthermore, using a deformable mirror to adjust the spectral phases, we demonstrate that our setup is capable of synthesizing ultrafast waveforms using coherent Raman sidebands.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Miaochan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Alexei V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sokolov