Self-dispersion-managed adiabatic frequency conversion

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Main Authors: Heberle, Dylan, Flemens, Noah, Davis, Connor, Lassonde, Philippe, Leblanc, Adrien, Légaré, François, Moses, Jeffrey
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author Heberle, Dylan
Flemens, Noah
Davis, Connor
Lassonde, Philippe
Leblanc, Adrien
Légaré, François
Moses, Jeffrey
author_facet Heberle, Dylan
Flemens, Noah
Davis, Connor
Lassonde, Philippe
Leblanc, Adrien
Légaré, François
Moses, Jeffrey
contents Dispersion management of few-cycle pulses is crucial for ultrafast optics and photonics. Often, nontrivial dispersion is compensated using complex optical systems or minimized through careful design of waveguides. Here, we present dispersion-managed adiabatic frequency conversion enabling efficient downconversion of an 11.1-fs near-IR pulse to an 11.6-fs mid-IR pulse spanning an octave of bandwidth from 2-4 $μ$m. The adiabatic frequency converter is designed to impart a constant group delay over the entire bandwidth, eliminating the need for complex dispersion management and opening a new avenue for dispersion engineering in ultrafast optics and photonics. Notably, dispersion engineering through the position-dependent conversion position of an adiabatic conversion device constitutes an additional mechanism for dispersion control in ultrafast optics and photonics while maintaining high conversion efficiency for broadband pulses.
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spellingShingle Self-dispersion-managed adiabatic frequency conversion
Heberle, Dylan
Flemens, Noah
Davis, Connor
Lassonde, Philippe
Leblanc, Adrien
Légaré, François
Moses, Jeffrey
Optics
Applied Physics
Dispersion management of few-cycle pulses is crucial for ultrafast optics and photonics. Often, nontrivial dispersion is compensated using complex optical systems or minimized through careful design of waveguides. Here, we present dispersion-managed adiabatic frequency conversion enabling efficient downconversion of an 11.1-fs near-IR pulse to an 11.6-fs mid-IR pulse spanning an octave of bandwidth from 2-4 $μ$m. The adiabatic frequency converter is designed to impart a constant group delay over the entire bandwidth, eliminating the need for complex dispersion management and opening a new avenue for dispersion engineering in ultrafast optics and photonics. Notably, dispersion engineering through the position-dependent conversion position of an adiabatic conversion device constitutes an additional mechanism for dispersion control in ultrafast optics and photonics while maintaining high conversion efficiency for broadband pulses.
title Self-dispersion-managed adiabatic frequency conversion
topic Optics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.17679