Complete characterization of ultrafast optical fields by phase-preserving nonlinear autocorrelation

Alexander Gliserin; Soo Hoon Chew; Seungchul Kim; Dong Eon Kim

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00978-3

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Complete characterization of ultrafast optical fields by phase-preserving nonlinear autocorrelation

Original Articles

- Complete characterization of ultrafast optical fields by phase-preserving nonlinear autocorrelation
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 11, Issue 10, Pages: 2451-2462(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Optics and Mechatronics Engineering, College of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Busan 46241, South Korea
  2.Department of Cogno Mechatronics Engineering, College of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Busan 46241, South Korea
  3.Max Planck Center for Attosecond Science, Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative, 77 Cheongam-ro, Pohang 37673, South Korea
  4.Department of Physics, Center for Attosecond Science and Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Pohang 37673, South Korea
- Author bio：
  
  Alexander Gliserin (alex@mpk.or.kr)
  Seungchul Kim (s.kim@pusan.ac.kr)
  Dong Eon Kim (kimd@postech.ac.kr)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00978-3
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- Published：31 October 2022，
  
  Published Online：20 September 2022，
  
  Received：04 April 2022，
  
  Revised：23 August 2022，
  
  Accepted：31 August 2022
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Gliserin, A. et al. Complete characterization of ultrafast optical fields by phase-preserving nonlinear autocorrelation. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 2451-2462 (2022).
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Gliserin, A. et al. Complete characterization of ultrafast optical fields by phase-preserving nonlinear autocorrelation. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 2451-2462 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00978-3.

摘要

Abstract

Nonlinear autocorrelation was one of the earliest and simplest tools for obtaining partial temporal information about an ultrashort optical pulse by gating it with itself. However

since the spectral phase is lost in a conventional autocorrelation measurement

it is insufficient for a full characterization of an ultrafast electric field

requiring additional spectral information for phase retrieval. Here

we show that introducing an intensity asymmetry into a conventional nonlinear interferometric autocorrelation preserves some spectral phase information within the autocorrelation signal

which enables the full reconstruction of the original electric field

including the direction of time

using only a spectrally integrating detector. We call this technique

Phase

Enabled Nonlinear Gating with Unbalanced Intensity

(PENGUIN). It can be applied to almost any existing nonlinear interferometric autocorrelator

making it capable of complete optical field characterization and thus providing an inexpensive and less complex alternative to methods relying on spectral measurements

such as frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) or spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER). More importantly

PENGUIN allows the precise characterization of ultrafast fields in non-radiative (e.g.

plasmonic) nonlinear optical interactions where spectral information is inaccessible. We demonstrate this novel technique through simulations and experimentally by measuring the electric field of ~6-fs laser pulses from a Ti: sapphire oscillator. The results are validated by comparison with the well-established FROG method.

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