Ultrafast balanced-homodyne chronocyclic spectrometer

Matthew E. Anderson; Michael J. Munroe; U. Leonhardt; Deepak Boggavarapu; D. F. McAlister; Michael G. Raymer

doi:10.1117/12.239704

8 May 1996 Ultrafast balanced-homodyne chronocyclic spectrometer

Matthew E. Anderson, Michael J. Munroe, U. Leonhardt, Deepak Boggavarapu, D. F. McAlister, Michael G. Raymer

Proceedings Volume 2701, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses III; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239704
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe an optical detection system for simultaneous time- and frequency-resolved measurements: the Balanced-Homodyne Chronocyclic Spectrometer (chrono equals time; cyclic equals frequency). This system uses balanced, optical homodyne detection, with a wavelength- tunable, pulsed local-oscillator (LO) field to time resolve the spectrum of weak light pulses. The LO field defines the time and frequency window in which the signal field is sampled. The method time resolves the photon statistics as well as the mean intensity. Measurement examples are given for: (1) Temporal oscillations of laser pulses transmitted through a semiconductor quantum well in an optical microcavity and (2) The time-frequency profile of a linearly chirped ultrashort laser pulse.

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Matthew E. Anderson, Michael J. Munroe, U. Leonhardt, Deepak Boggavarapu, D. F. McAlister, and Michael G. Raymer "Ultrafast balanced-homodyne chronocyclic spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 2701, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses III, (8 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239704

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