Time-lens producing 1.9 ps optical pulses
- 8 March 1993
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 62 (10) , 1047-1049
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.108790
Abstract
A resonant microwave optical phase modulator in LiNbO3 with multiple passes, based on an off‐axis path in a stable optical resonator, is demonstrated as a time‐lens. With 1 W of cw microwave power at 5.2 GHz, 45 ps pulses at 1.06 μm were temporally focused to 6.7 ps (FWHM). Increasing the drive power to 13 W, at 10% duty cycle, produced 1.9 ps pulses. The aperture of the time‐lens is about 31 ps. This is the first demonstration of a useful time‐lens.Keywords
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