Broadband coherent multiple-order Raman sidebands controlled via a pulse shaper

David Klick, Kenneth A. Marko, L. Rimai

Jin Guo, Mingzhen Wang, Qiaozhi Yu +13 more

M. Zhi, Kai Wang, Xia Hua +1 more

We report pulse-shaper-assisted phase control of a broad spectrum, aiming to synthesize nonsinusoidal waveforms. We first generate multiple-order coherent Raman sidebands by focusing two laser beams into a piece of diamond. Then we combine five sidebands into a single beam by using a prism. Our setup allows for both coarse, manual phase adjustments and fine tuning of the spectral phases. A flat spectral phase across these five frequency-separated sub-bands is achieved, which implies generation of two to three optical-cycle pulses.

Suman S. Dhayal, Yuri V. Rostovtsev

Miaochan Zhi, Alexei V. Sokolov

We study broadband sideband generation in Raman-active crystals. The sidebands come out at different angles and cover infrared, visible, and ultraviolet spectral regions. We combine the sidebands into a collinear beam by using a prism. We use a pulse shaper to control the relative phases of the sidebands aiming to produce single-cycle pulses.

G. L. Eesley