Controlled Supercontinua via Spatial Beam Shaping
Optics
2018-05-23 v1
Abstract
Recently, optimization techniques have had a significant impact in a variety of fields, leading to a higher signal-to-noise and more streamlined techniques. We consider the possibility for using programmable phase-only spatial optimization of the pump beam to influence the supercontinuum generation process. Preliminary results show that significant broadening and rough control of the supercontinuum spectrum are possible without loss of input energy. This serves as a proof-of-concept demonstration that spatial effects can controllably influence the supercontinuum spectrum, leading to possibilities for utilizing supercontinuum power more efficiently and achieving arbitrary spectral control.
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@article{arxiv.1705.10457,
title = {Controlled Supercontinua via Spatial Beam Shaping},
author = {Alexandra A. Zhdanova and Yujie Shen and Jonathan V. Thompson and Marlan O. Scully and Vladislav V. Yakovlev and Alexei V. Sokolov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.10457},
year = {2018}
}