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Ultra-rapid electro-optic sampling of octave-spanning mid-infrared waveforms

Authors :
Theresa Buberl
David Groters
Joachim Heberle
Marinus Huber
Ioachim Pupeza
Alexander Weigel
Philip Jacob
Michael K. Trubetskov
Source :
Optics Express
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We demonstrate ultra-rapid electro-optic sampling (EOS) of octave-spanning mid-infrared pulses centered at 9 μm, implemented by mechanically scanning a mirror with a sonotrode resonating at 19 kHz (forward and backward acquisition at 38 kHz). The instrument records the infrared waveform with a spectral intensity dynamic range of 1.6 × 105 for a single scan over a 1.6-ps delay range, acquired within 26 μs. The purely reflective nature of the delay scanning technique is compatible with broad optical bandwidths, short pulse durations (16 fs, centered at 1030 nm) and high average powers (Watt-level). Interferometric tracking of the sonotrode motion in combination with a predictor-corrector algorithm allows for delay-axis determination with down to single-digit attosecond precision. Ultra-rapid mid-infrared EOS will advance applications such as molecular fingerprinting of static samples as well as tracking of biological processes and chemical reactions and is likely to find new fields of application such as infrared-spectroscopic flow cytometry.

Details

ISSN :
10944087
Volume :
29
Issue :
13
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Optics express
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....63cf0320727961fe9c7835862c3eafe0