Acousto-optic technology for pulse picking

Acousto-optic pulse picking scheme with carrier-frequency-to-pulse-repetition-rate synchronization.

We introduce and experimentally validate a pulse picking technique based on a travelling-wave-type acousto-optic modulator (AOM) having the AOM carrier frequency synchronized to the repetition rate of the original pulse train. As a consequence, the phase noise characteristic of the original pulse train is largely preserved, rendering this technique suitable for applications requiring carrier-en...

Adaptive acousto-optic technique for femtosecond laser pulse shaping.

We discuss the theoretical and experimental investigation of acousto-optic dispersive tunable filters, based on quasi-collinear geometry of light-sound interaction in a tellurium dioxide single crystal. The geometry uses the effect of strong acoustic anisotropy in the paratellurite as well as peculiarities of acoustic wave reflections at the free boundary of the crystal. A mathematical concept ...

Pulse Measurement Techniques Using an Acousto-Optic Programmable Dispersive Filter

Programmable spectral filters, such as acousto-optic programmable dispersive filters (AOPDF, Tournois (1997)) or spatial light modulators inserted in the Fourier plane of zerodispersion lines (Froehly et al., 1983; Weiner, 2000), have opened up the field of ultrafast pulse shaping and given the ability to manipulate spectral amplitude and phase of broadband ultrashort pulses. These devices have...

Acousto - Optic Isolator ( Aoi )

Quantum acousto-optic transducer for superconducting qubits

We propose theory for a reversible quantum transducer connecting superconducting qubits and optical photons using acoustic waves in piezoelectrics. The proposed device consists of an integrated acousto-optic resonator that utilizes stimulated Brillouin scattering for phonon-photon conversion and piezoelectric effect for coupling of phonons to qubits. We evaluate the phonon-photon coupling rate ...