Coupling between energy and phase in hollow-core fiber based f-to-2f interferometers

Opt Express. 2009 Jul 6;17(14):12082-9. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.012082.

Abstract

The dependence of the carrier-envelope (CE) phase of the pulses from a hollow-core fiber on the input laser energy was studied using two f-to- 2f interferometers. The CE phase in the in-loop f-to-2f interferometer was measured with the octave spanning white-light spectrum from the hollow-core fiber, whereas the out-of-loop interferometer was based on a sapphire plate. By modulating the input power of the in-loop interferometer and measuring the out-of-loop CE phase at the same time, the coupling coefficient between the measured CE phase and the laser energy for the hollow-core fiber was determined to be 128 mrad per 1% energy change .

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.