Shot-to-shot spectrally-resolved characterization of continuous-wave-triggered supercontinuum near 1 um

TL;DR

This paper presents a method for real-time, shot-to-shot spectral characterization of supercontinuum light near 1 micron, enabling detailed statistical analysis at high repetition rates.

Contribution

It introduces a high-speed optical time stretch technique for spectrally-resolved, shot-to-shot supercontinuum characterization in the near-infrared.

Findings

Achieved 20 MHz shot rate for spectral measurements.

Captured broadband supercontinuum with >200 nm spectral span.

Provided high spectral resolution of 0.2 nm for statistical analysis.

Abstract

We demonstrate shot-to-shot (at a rate of 20 MHz), broadband (>200 nm), spectrally-resolved (spectral resolution of 0.2 nm) statistical characterization of continuous-wave-triggered supercontinuum in the 1 um regime, enabled by optical time stretch.