Complete characterization of ultrashort optical pulses with a phase-shifting wedged reversal shearing interferometer

doi:10.1038/s41377-018-0022-0

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	Complete characterization of ultrashort optical pulses with a phase-shifting wedged reversal shearing interferometer
	Lam, B.; Guo, C. L.
刊名	Light-Science & Applications
	2018
卷号	7 页码:11
关键词	femtosecond lasers beams Optics
ISSN号	2047-7538
DOI	10.1038/s41377-018-0022-0
英文摘要	The ability of an interferometer to characterize the spatial information of a light beam is often limited by the temporal profile of the beam, with femtosecond pulse characterization being particularly challenging. In this study, we developed a simple, stable, controllable shearing and vectorial phase-shifting wedged reversal shearing interferometer that is able to characterize all types of coherent and partially coherent light beams. The proposed interferometer consists of only a single beam splitter cube with one wedged entrance face and is insensitive to environmental vibration due to its common path configuration. A near zero-path length difference of the proposed interferometer ensures its operation for ultrashort pulses, providing, for the first time, a simple and stable interferometric tool to fully characterize sub-100 fs laser pulses. All common beam characterization can be carried out with the interferometer, such as the amplitude, phase, polarization, wavelength, and pulse duration. Furthermore, this technique is sensitive to the wavefront tilt and can be used for precise beam alignment. Therefore, this interferometer can be an essential tool for beam characterization, optical imaging, and the testing required for a wide range of applications, including astronomy, biomedicine, ophthalmology, optical testing and imaging systems, and adaptive optics.
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ciomp.ac.cn/handle/181722/60932]
专题	中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lam, B.,Guo, C. L.. Complete characterization of ultrashort optical pulses with a phase-shifting wedged reversal shearing interferometer[J]. Light-Science & Applications,2018,7:11.
APA	Lam, B.,&Guo, C. L..(2018).Complete characterization of ultrashort optical pulses with a phase-shifting wedged reversal shearing interferometer.Light-Science & Applications,7,11.
MLA	Lam, B.,et al."Complete characterization of ultrashort optical pulses with a phase-shifting wedged reversal shearing interferometer".Light-Science & Applications 7(2018):11.