Title :
Interferometric carrier envelope phase control of few-cycle IR pulses
Author :
Schmidt, Bruno E. ; Shiner, Andrew D. ; Vampa, Giulio ; Kieffer, J. -C ; Corkum, Paul B. ; Villeneuve, David M. ; Légaré, François
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci. Centre Energie Mater. et Telecommun., Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Interferometric CEP control in a white light seeded optical parametric amplifier is demonstrated by relative phase shifting between white light and pump beam prior to their difference frequency generation, resulting in CEP controlled Idler pulses.
Keywords :
optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase shifters; optical pumping; optical variables control; phase control; CEP controlled idler pulses; difference frequency generation; few-cycle IR pulses; interferometric CEP control; interferometric carrier envelope phase control; pump beam; relative phase shifting; white light seeded optical parametric amplifier; Laser beams; Laser stability; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
