Characterizing ultrashort optical pulses using second-order nonlinear nanoprobes

Haifeng Li; Zhe Zhang; Qian Xu; Kebin Shi; Yaoshun Jia; Baigang Zhang; Yong Xu; Zhiwen Liu

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Characterizing ultrashort optical pulses using second-order nonlinear nanoprobes

Haifeng Li, Zhe Zhang, Qian Xu, Kebin Shi, Yaoshun Jia, Baigang Zhang, Yong Xu, Zhiwen Liu

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We report a second-order nonlinear nanoprobe for characterizing ultrafast optical near fields. The proposed nanoprobe comprises second harmonic nanocrystals attached to a carbon nanotube, which is in turn attached to a silica fiber taper. We demonstrate in situ pulse characterization directly in the air core of a photonic crystal fiber. Further, it is shown that nanoprobes containing a single nanocrystal in the tip of the nanotube can be fabricated by auxiliary focused ion beam nanomilling. These results indicate that the proposed nanoprobe can open an avenue for probing the evolution of ultrafast optical fields in complex three-dimensional micro- or nanostructures.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	261108
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	97
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3532112
State	Published - Dec 27 2010

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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