Omni-resonant space–time wave packets

Abstract

We describe theoretically and verify experimentally a novel, to the best of our knowledge, class of diffraction-free pulsed optical beams that are “omni-resonant”: they have the remarkable property of transmission through planar Fabry–Perot resonators without spectral filtering, even if their bandwidth far exceeds the cavity linewidth. Ultrashort wave packets endowed with a specific spatiotemporal structure couple to a single resonant mode independent of its linewidth. We confirm that such “space–time” omni-resonant wave packets retain their bandwidth (1.6 nm), spatiotemporal profile (1.3-ps pulse width, 4-µm beam width), and diffraction-free behavior upon transmission through cavities with resonant linewidths of 0.3 nm and 0.15 nm.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2020
Source ID
10.1364/ol.383650

Entities

People

  • Abbas Shiri
  • Ayman F Abouraddy
  • Murat Yessenov
  • Rohinraj Aravindakshan

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computer Networking
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space