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Carrier-envelope phase on-chip scanner and control of laser beams

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  • Václav Hanus

    (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)

  • Beatrix Fehér

    (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)

  • Viktória Csajbók

    (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)

  • Péter Sándor

    (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)

  • Zsuzsanna Pápa

    (Wigner Research Centre for Physics
    ELI-ALPS Research Institute)

  • Judit Budai

    (ELI-ALPS Research Institute)

  • Zilong Wang

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
    Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)

  • Pallabi Paul

    (Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics
    Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering)

  • Adriana Szeghalmi

    (Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics
    Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering)

  • Péter Dombi

    (Wigner Research Centre for Physics
    ELI-ALPS Research Institute)

Abstract

The carrier-envelope phase (CEP) is an important property of few-cycle laser pulses, allowing for light field control of electronic processes during laser-matter interactions. Thus, the measurement and control of CEP is essential for applications of few-cycle lasers. Currently, there is no robust method for measuring the non-trivial spatial CEP distribution of few-cycle laser pulses. Here, we demonstrate a compact on-chip, ambient-air, CEP scanning probe with 0.1 µm3 resolution based on optical driving of CEP-sensitive ultrafast currents in a metal−dielectric heterostructure. We successfully apply the probe to obtain a 3D map of spatial changes of CEP in the vicinity of an oscillator beam focus with pulses as weak as 1 nJ. We also demonstrate CEP control in the focal volume with a spatial light modulator so that arbitrary spatial CEP sculpting could be realized.

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  • Václav Hanus & Beatrix Fehér & Viktória Csajbók & Péter Sándor & Zsuzsanna Pápa & Judit Budai & Zilong Wang & Pallabi Paul & Adriana Szeghalmi & Péter Dombi, 2023. "Carrier-envelope phase on-chip scanner and control of laser beams," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-40802-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40802-z
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