Polarization Shaping in the Mid-IR and Polarization-based Balanced Heterodyne Detection with Application to 2D IR Spectroscopy

Overview

Journal Opt Express

Specialties Biophysics
Ophthalmology

Date 2009 Aug 19

PMID 19687931

Citations 6

Authors

Chris T Middleton

David B Strasfeld

Martin T Zanni

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Abstract

We demonstrate amplitude, phase and polarization shaping of femtosecond mid-IR pulses using a germanium acousto-optical modulator by independently shaping the frequency-dependent amplitudes and phases of two orthogonally polarized pulses which are then collinearly overlapped using a wire-grid polarizer. We use a feedback loop to set and stabilize the relative phase of the orthogonal pulses. We have also used a wire-grid polarizer to implement polarization-based balanced heterodyne detection for improved signal-to-noise of 2D IR spectra collected in a pump-probe geometry. Applications include coherent control of molecular vibrations and improvements in multidimensional IR spectroscopy.

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