Alice Odier's scientific contributions

What is this page?


This page lists the scientific contributions of an author, who either does not have a ResearchGate profile, or has not yet added these contributions to their profile.

It was automatically created by ResearchGate to create a record of this author's body of work. We create such pages to advance our goal of creating and maintaining the most comprehensive scientific repository possible. In doing so, we process publicly available (personal) data relating to the author as a member of the scientific community.

If you're a ResearchGate member, you can follow this page to keep up with this author's work.

If you are this author, and you don't want us to display this page anymore, please let us know.

Publications (4)


Schematic of the experimental setup for demonstrating coherent combining of two 3.4 μm idler beams generated through DFG in PPLN crystals. Coherent combining is achieved by active phase control of one of the pump waves [17].
Phase measurements when the control loop is open.
Time evolution of the interference signals of the idler beams when the phase control loop is open and then closed.
Phase measurements when the control loop is closed.
Coherent combining of mid-infrared difference frequency generators
  • Article
  • Full-text available

January 2019

·

50 Reads

·

4 Citations

Optics Letters

Optics Letters

Alice Odier

·

Rodwane Chtouki

·

·

[...]

·

Anne Durécu

We report what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first experimental demonstration of coherent combining of two mid-infrared difference frequency generators by active phase control in the continuous-wave regime. Using the phase relation that is inherent to the nonlinear process, we are able to phase lock and combine the idler waves by the sole phase control of one of the pump waves. This control is done by an all-fiber electro-optic modulator. Combining is achieved with an excellent efficiency with a residual phase error of λ / 28 .

Download
Share

Combinaison cohérente de convertisseurs de fréquences optiques

January 2018

·

28 Reads

Les convertisseurs de fréquences optiques utilisant les processus non linéaires d’ordre deux permettent d’étendre la gamme spectrale accessible aux sources lasers. Celle-ci est en effet limitée par les bandes de gain des milieux lasers disponibles. Par ailleurs, la combinaison cohérente par contrôle actif de la phase est une technique efficace permettant la montée en puissance des sources lasers. Elle nécessite toutefois des modulateurs de phase rapides qui ne sont disponibles commercialement qu’aux longueurs d’onde standard.L’objectif de cette thèse est d'appliquer la combinaison cohérente à des convertisseurs de fréquences en utilisant la relation de phase inhérente au processus non linéaire.Cela permet de contrôler la phase de l’onde générée en agissant sur la phase de l’onde de pompe. C’est ce qu’on appelle le contrôle indirect de la phase.Pour cela, une étude théorique a été menée afin de s’assurer de la compatibilité de la technique de combinaison cohérente par marquage en fréquence avec le contrôle indirect de la phase.La démonstration expérimentale a d’abord été effectuée dans le cas le plus simple, la génération de seconde harmonique, qui met en jeu trois ondes dont deux dégénérées.Enfin, on s’est intéressé au cas de la génération de différence de fréquences dans le moyen infrarouge, où trois ondes sont mises en jeu.Dans ces deux cas, la qualité de mise en phase mesurée est excellente.


Schematic of the experimental setup for demonstrating CBC of two SHG PPLN modules by the phase control of the fundamental wave. A similar setup is used for the SHG in LBO crystals.
Phase measurements when the control loop is open: (a) for the PPLN experiment and (b) for the LBO experiment.
Results for the PPLN experiment: (a) time evolution of the interference signals of the fundamental (black) and the harmonic beams (red) when the phase control feedback loop is off (loop is open) and on (loop closed); (b) PSD of the second-harmonic wave when the phase control loop is open or closed.
PSD of the harmonic and fundamental waves when the phase control loop operates on the interference signal between the harmonic beams: (a) for the PPLN experiment (b) for the LBO experiment.
Coherent combining of second-harmonic generators by active phase control of the fundamental waves

August 2017

·

81 Reads

·

7 Citations

Optics Letters

Optics Letters

Coherent beam combining by active phase control could be useful for power scaling fiber-laser-pumped optical frequency converters. However, a fast phase modulator operating at the frequency-converted wavelength, a non-standard component, would be necessary. Fortunately, nonlinear conversion processes rely on a phase-matching condition allowing for indirect phase control using standard phase modulators. In this Letter, coherent combining of second-harmonic generators is demonstrated in both birefringent and quasi-phase-matching schemes in CW regime. Phase control operates at the fundamental wavelength, using all-fiber electro-optic modulators. An excellent beam combination is achieved with a residual phase error of λ / 30 on the second-harmonic wave.


Citations (2)


... In contrast, coherently combining multiple frequency converters can distribute the power load across several crystals, thereby increasing the total output power while maintaining good beam quality. This approach has been applied in second-harmonic generation (SHG) and difference frequency generation [17,18]. However, in these cases, both the conversion efficiency and total power are relatively low, rendering the crystal absorption less significant. ...

Reference:

Coherent beam combining of femtosecond third-harmonic generators: towards high-power, high-beam-quality UV light generation
Coherent combining of mid-infrared difference frequency generators
Optics Letters

Optics Letters

... In contrast, coherently combining multiple frequency converters can distribute the power load across several crystals, thereby increasing the total output power while maintaining good beam quality. This approach has been applied in second-harmonic generation (SHG) and difference frequency generation [17,18]. However, in these cases, both the conversion efficiency and total power are relatively low, rendering the crystal absorption less significant. ...

Coherent combining of second-harmonic generators by active phase control of the fundamental waves
Optics Letters

Optics Letters