Synthesis and Coherent Detection of Ultrabroadband Mid-Infrared Transients: From Atomic Field Amplitudes to the Quantum Regime

Authors :: Daniele Brida
Johannes Bühler
Christian Schmidt
Alfred Leitenstorfer
Bernhard Mayer
Jan Schmidt
Alexej Pashkin
Denis V. Seletskiy
Claudius Riek
Source :: Advanced Solid-State Lasers Congress.
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: OSA, 2013.
Abstract: Phase-stable functional waveforms covering the entire mid infrared are synthesized with amplitudes up to 1 V/A. Few-femtosecond gate pulses allow direct readout of the electric field with sensitivity approaching the single-photon regime.

Subjects :: Physics
Optics
Amplitude
Field (physics)
business.industry
Fiber laser
Electric field
Physics::Optics
Waveform
Heterodyne detection
business
Quantum
Magnetic field

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