TIME-LENS PRODUCING 1.9 PS OPTICAL PULSES

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作者
GODIL, AA
AULD, BA
BLOOM, DM
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[1] Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford
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10.1063/1.108790
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A resonant microwave optical phase modulator in LiNbO3 with multiple passes, based on an off-axis path in a stable optical resonator, is demonstrated as a time-lens. With 1 W of cw microwave power at 5.2 GHz, 45 ps pulses at 1.06 mum were temporally focused to 6.7 ps (FWHM). Increasing the drive power to 13 W, at 10% duty cycle, produced 1.9 ps pulses. The aperture of the time-lens is about 31 ps. This is the first demonstration of a useful time-lens.
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