Pulse shaping with birefringent crystals: a tool for quantum metrology
Quantum Physics
2015-06-16 v1 Optics
Abstract
A method for time differentiation based on a Babinet-Soleil-Bravais compensator is introduced. The complex transfer function of the device is measured using polarization spectral interferometry. Time differentiation of both the pulse field and pulse envelope are demonstrated over a spectral width of about 100 THz with a measured overlap with the objective mode greater than 99.8%. This pulse shaping technique is shown to be perfectly suited to time metrology at the quantum limit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1307.6424,
title = {Pulse shaping with birefringent crystals: a tool for quantum metrology},
author = {Guillaume Labroille and Olivier Pinel and Nicolas Treps and Manuel Joffre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.6424},
year = {2015}
}