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The classic self-referenced frequency comb acts as an unrivaled ruler for precision optical metrology in both time and frequency. Two decades after its invention, the frequency comb is now used in numerous active sensing applications. Many…

Broadband coherent light sources are becoming increasingly important for sensing and spectroscopic applications, especially in the mid-infrared and terahertz (THz) spectral regions, where the unique absorption characteristics of a whole…

The growing requirements of pump-probe techniques and nonlinear optics experiments greatly promote the studies of two-color free-electron lasers (FELs). We propose a new method to generate coherent two-color pulses in a high-gain harmonic…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Zhouyu Zhao , Heting Li , Qika Jia

Repetition-rate-scanned lasers are practical in accordion frequency comb generation that serves as a variable gearbox connecting optical and radio wave domains. Rapid and wide-range scanned repetition rate can benefit versatile purposes,…

The spatial-temporal beam quality of laser sources is crucial for applications such as nonlinear spectroscopy and master oscillator power amplification systems. However, the temporal stability remains challenged by issues like line-width…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-21 Siyu Chen , Jun Ye , Lei Du , Wenwen Cheng , Jiangming Xu , Rongtao Su , Pu Zhou , Zongfu Jiang

Formation of femtosecond sawtooth pulses by high harmonic generation from relativistic oscillating mirrors is studied. For oblique incidence of $p$-polarized laser pulse, one can efficiently control the intensity of the first few harmonics…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-09-05 K. Hu , H. -C. Wu

This study investigates the interaction between frequency combs and optical feedback effects in Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs). The theoretical analysis reveals new phenomena arising from the interplay between comb generation and feedback.…

Optics · Physics 2023-10-17 Carlo Silvestri , Xiaoqiong Qi , Thomas Taimre , Aleksandar D. Rakić

We present a method for engineering harmonic frequency combs (HFCs) in the terahertz spectral region. This approach involves interfacing a quantum cascade laser (QCL) with an external reflector featuring frequency-dependent reflectivity. A…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-03 Carlo Silvestri , Xiaoqiong Qi , Thomas Taimre , Aleksandar D. Rakić

In the widely-studied two-color laser scheme for terahertz (THz) radiation from a gas, the frequency ratio of the two lasers is usually fixed at $\omega_2/\omega_1=$1:2. We investigate THz generation with uncommon frequency ratios. Our…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-12-12 L. -L. Zhang , W. -M. Wang , D. Wu , R. Zhang , S. -J. Zhang , C. -L. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Z. -M. Sheng , X. -C. Zhang

A scheme for generating intense high-harmonic optical vortices is proposed. It relies on spin-orbit interaction of light when a relativistically-strong circularly polarized laser pulse irradiates a micro-plasma-waveguide. The intense laser…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-02-18 Ke Hu , Longqing Yi

We describe here a method to generate high-definition arbitrary laser beam shapes and profiles useful to many applications, ranging from optical patterning and lithography to optical trapping of microscopic particles and ultracold atoms.…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-22 Pedro Faleiros Silva , Sérgio Ricardo Muniz

The problem of harmonics generation in nanotargets is considered at the range of parameters (a nanotarget diameter and a pump laser intensity) when the oscillation amplitude of an electron in a target is much larger than the target width.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-02-11 Philipp Korneev

Dual-comb spectroscopy is a powerful technique to measure optical spectra in a wide spectral range with high-frequency resolution. The development of compact systems operating in the long-wave infrared wavelength range is of high interest…

We describe a possible new technique for precise wavelength calibration of high-resolution astronomical spectrographs using femtosecond-pulsed mode-locked lasers controlled by stable oscillators such as atomic clocks. Such `frequency combs'…

Spectra of Thomson and Compton radiation, emitted during electron scattering off an intense laser beam, are calculated using the frameworks of classical and strong-field quantum electrodynamics, respectively. Both approaches use a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-11-22 M Twardy , K Krajewska , J Z Kamiński

We report on an attempt to generate highly stable continuous terahertz (THz) wave by using optical frequency comb (OFC). About 10-nm wide OFC has been generated through a deep phase modulation of a 852 nm laser line in lithium niobate…

Collective coherent scattering of laser light by an ensemble of polarizable point particles creates long range interactions, whose properties can be tailored by choice of injected laser powers, frequencies and polarizations. We use a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Stefan Ostermann , Matthias Sonnleitner , Helmut Ritsch

Typical astronomical spectrographs have a resolution ranging between a few hundred to 200.000. Deconvolution and correlation techniques are being employed with a significance down to 1/1000 th of a pixel. HeAr and ThAr lamps are usually…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Piet O. Schmidt , Stefan Kimeswenger , Hans Ulrich Kaeufl

The generation of high-order harmonics in bulk solids subjected to intense ultrashort laser pulses has opened up new avenues for research in extreme nonlinear optics and light-matter interaction on sub-cycle timescales. Despite significant…

This paper presents a novel approach to dual-frequency comb generation utilizing a single fiber Fabry-Perot resonator, advancing the implementation of these sources in fiber-based systems. Dual-comb applications such as spectroscopy,…