Ultrafast optical beam deflection in a pump probe configuration

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/9/090602

Abstract

Propagation of a signal beam in an AlGaAs/GaAs waveguide multiple-prism light deflector is theoretically investigated by solving the scalar Helmholtz equation to obtain the dependences of the temporal and spatial resolvable characteristics of the ultrafast deflector on the material dispersion of GaAs including group velocity dispersion and angular dispersion, interface reflection, and interface scattering of multiple-prism deflector. Furthermore, we experimentally confirm that, in this ultrafast beam deflection device, the deflecting angle of the signal light beam is linear with the pump fluence and the temporal resolution of the ultrafast deflection is 10 ps. Our results show that the improvement of the temporal and spatial resolvable performances is possible by properly choosing the structural parameters and enhancing the quality of the device.

Keywords: pump probe ultrafast deflection multiple-prism light deflector temporal resolution

Received: 26 January 2016
Revised: 11 June 2016
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PACS:	06.60.Jn	(High-speed techniques)
	07.60.-j	(Optical instruments and equipment)
	42.25.Bs	(Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)
	42.79.Fm	(Reflectors, beam splitters, and deflectors)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11274377 and 61176006) and the State Major Research Equipment Project, China (Grant No. ZDY2011-2).

Corresponding Authors: Lingliang Liang
E-mail: lianglingliang@opt.cn

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Lingliang Liang(梁玲亮), Jinshou Tian (田进寿), Tao Wang(汪韬), Shengli Wu(吴胜利), Fuli Li(李福利), Junfeng Wang(王俊锋), Guilong Gao(高贵龙) Ultrafast optical beam deflection in a pump probe configuration 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 090602

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