Spatiotemporal Control of Ultrafast Pulses in Multimode Optical Fibers

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Main Authors: Cruz-Delgado, Daniel, Antonio-Lopez, J. Enrique, Perez-Leija, Armando, Fontaine, Nicolas K., Eikenberry, Stephen S., Christodoulides, Demetrios N., Bandres, Miguel A., Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo
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author Cruz-Delgado, Daniel
Antonio-Lopez, J. Enrique
Perez-Leija, Armando
Fontaine, Nicolas K.
Eikenberry, Stephen S.
Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Bandres, Miguel A.
Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo
author_facet Cruz-Delgado, Daniel
Antonio-Lopez, J. Enrique
Perez-Leija, Armando
Fontaine, Nicolas K.
Eikenberry, Stephen S.
Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Bandres, Miguel A.
Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo
contents Multimode optical fibers represent the ideal platform for transferring multidimensional light states. However, dispersion degrades the correlations between the light's degrees of freedom, thus limiting the effective transport of ultrashort pulses between distant nodes of optical networks. Here, we demonstrate that tailoring the spatiotemporal structure of ultrashort light pulses can overcome the physical limitations imposed by both chromatic and modal dispersion in multimode optical fibers. We synthesize these light states with predefined spatial and chromatic dynamics through applying a sequence of transformations to shape the optical field in all its dimensions. Similar methods can also be used to overcome dispersion processes in other physical settings like acoustics and electron optics. Our results will enable advancements in laser-based technologies, including multimode optical communications, imaging, ultrafast light-matter interactions, and high brightness fiber sources.
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spellingShingle Spatiotemporal Control of Ultrafast Pulses in Multimode Optical Fibers
Cruz-Delgado, Daniel
Antonio-Lopez, J. Enrique
Perez-Leija, Armando
Fontaine, Nicolas K.
Eikenberry, Stephen S.
Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Bandres, Miguel A.
Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo
Optics
78A10
Multimode optical fibers represent the ideal platform for transferring multidimensional light states. However, dispersion degrades the correlations between the light's degrees of freedom, thus limiting the effective transport of ultrashort pulses between distant nodes of optical networks. Here, we demonstrate that tailoring the spatiotemporal structure of ultrashort light pulses can overcome the physical limitations imposed by both chromatic and modal dispersion in multimode optical fibers. We synthesize these light states with predefined spatial and chromatic dynamics through applying a sequence of transformations to shape the optical field in all its dimensions. Similar methods can also be used to overcome dispersion processes in other physical settings like acoustics and electron optics. Our results will enable advancements in laser-based technologies, including multimode optical communications, imaging, ultrafast light-matter interactions, and high brightness fiber sources.
title Spatiotemporal Control of Ultrafast Pulses in Multimode Optical Fibers
topic Optics
78A10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11783