Electro-optic sampling of classical and quantum light
Full characterization of electric-field waveforms in amplitude and phase is achieved across the terahertz to visible spectral range through interaction with an optical pulse shorter than a half-cycle period via the Pockels (linear electro-optic) effect. This technique of electro-optic sampling has become an indispensable tool in various areas, including ultrafast pump-probe, time-domain and frequency-comb spectroscopies, quantum optics, high-harmonic generation, and attosecond science, and holds great promise for further advances. Not only does it enable spectroscopic measurements with record dynamic range and temporal resolution, along with massively parallel real-time spectral data acquisition, but its remarkable sensitivity also allows the detection of vacuum fluctuations, i.e., “zero-point motion” of electric fields, profoundly impacting our understanding of the fundamental laws of nature.
Authors
- Jérôme Faist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-7988)
- Denis V. Seletskiy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-4595)
- Alfred Leitenstorfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-257X)
- Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4814-4498)
- A. S. Moskalenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0028-4459)
- Konstantin L. Vodopyanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1814-9204)
- Ioachim Pupeza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8422-667X)
Institutions
- University of Central Florida (US)
- University of Kaiserslautern (DE)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
- University of Konstanz (DE)
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (DE)
- University of Koblenz and Landau (DE)
- Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (FR)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (DE)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Kootenay Association for Science & Technology (CA)
- Quantum Technologies (Sweden) (SE)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Optica
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.544333
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.73