Single-shot measurement of wavelength-resolved state of polarization dynamics in ultrafast lasers using dispersed division-of-amplitude

Year: 2023

Authors: Wu Q., Gao L., Cao YL., Wabnitz S., Chang ZH., Liu A., Huang JS., Huang LG., Zhu T.

Autors Affiliation: Chongqing Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Optoelect Technol & Syst, Chongqing 400044, Peoples R China; Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Ingn Informaz Elettron & Telecomunic, I-00184 Rome, Italy; CNR INO, Ist Nazl Ott, I-80078 Pozzuoli, NA, Italy.

Abstract: Characterization of the state of polarization (SOP) of ultrafast laser emission is relevant in several application fields such as field manipulation, pulse shaping, testing of sample characteristics, and biomedical imaging. Nevertheless, since high-speed detection and wavelength-resolved measurements cannot be simultaneously achieved by commercial polarization analyzers, single-shot measurements of the wavelength-resolved SOP of ul- trafast laser pulses have rarely been reported. Here, we propose a method for single-shot, wavelength-resolved SOP measurements that exploits the method of division-of-amplitude under far-field transformation. A large accumulated chromatic dispersion is utilized to time-stretch the laser pulses via dispersive Fourier transform, so that spectral information is mapped into a temporal waveform. By calibrating our test matrix with different wavelengths, wavelength-resolved SOP measurements are achieved, based on the division-of-amplitude approach, combined with high-speed opto-electronic processing. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, we reveal the com- plex wavelength-dependent SOP dynamics in the build-up of dissipative solitons. The experimental results show that the dissipative soliton exhibits far more complex wavelength-related polarization dynamics, which are not shown in single-shot spectrum measurement. Our method paves the way for single-shot measurement and in- telligent control of ultrafast lasers with wavelength-resolved SOP structures, which could promote further inves- tigations of polarization-related optical signal processing techniques, such as pulse shaping and hyperspectral polarization imaging. (c) 2022 Chinese Laser Press

Journal/Review: PHOTONICS RESEARCH

Volume: 11 (1)      Pages from: 35  to: 43

More Information: National Natural Science Foundation of China (62075021) ; Graduate Research and Innovation Foundation of Chongqing, China (CYB20061) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (61825501) ; European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (740355) .
KeyWords: Dissipative Soliton; Stokes Parameters; Partial Coherence; Vector Dynamics; Photopolarimeter; Buildup
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.471291

ImpactFactor: 6.600
Citations: 10
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