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13 March 2024 Pulse shaping with dispersion engineered optical filters for single-pass narrowband second harmonic generation
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Abstract
Nonlinear spectroscopy, such as sum-frequency generation spectroscopy and coherent Raman spectroscopy, are powerful tools for analyzing transient molecular structural changes. Achieving fast and high-resolution spectroscopy with these methods requires bandwidth compression techniques to convert broadband femtosecond pulses into synchronized narrowband picosecond pulses. Here we present a novel single-pass narrowband SHG method based on a novel pulse-shaping scheme using dispersion-engineered optical filters. In our first verification experiment, we found that the SHG bandwidth after passing the filter was compressed to 1/6, and the wavelength conversion efficiency was improved by 18 times compared to the case without the filter. This result demonstrates that precision-engineered optical filters can be used as a pulse-shaping tool. This alignment-free, single-pass bandwidth compression method may be an important tool for promoting the use of nonlinear spectroscopy in a wider range of fields.
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(2024) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Kanako Tajima, Katsuya Iwata, Masaharu Kameda, Kazuhiko Misawa, and Terumasa Ito "Pulse shaping with dispersion engineered optical filters for single-pass narrowband second harmonic generation", Proc. SPIE PC12875, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XXIV, PC1287509 (13 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003104
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KEYWORDS
Second harmonic generation

Pulse shaping

Optical filters

Femtosecond pulse shaping

Optical engineering

Raman spectroscopy

Pulse signals

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