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ArticleScience advances2022

Synthesizing ultrafast optical pulses with arbitrary spatiotemporal control.

Lu Chen, Wenqi Zhu, Pengcheng Huo, Junyeob Song, Henri J Lezec, Ting Xu, Amit Agrawal

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Lu ChenNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6624-4858
Wenqi ZhuNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7832-189X
Pengcheng HuoCollege of Engineering and Applied Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
Junyeob SongNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-823X
Henri J LezecNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9808-1333
Ting XuCollege of Engineering and Applied Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0704-1089
Amit AgrawalNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9619-7623

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Abstract

The ability to control the instantaneous state of light, from high-energy pulses down to the single-photon level, is an indispensable requirement in photonics. This has, for example, facilitated spatiotemporal probing and coherent control of ultrafast light-matter interactions, and enabled capabilities such as generation of exotic states of light with complexity, or at wavelengths, that are not easily accessible. Here, by leveraging the multifunctional control of light at the nanoscale offered by metasurfaces embedded in a Fourier transform setup, we present a versatile approach to synthesize ultrafast optical transients with arbitrary control over its complete spatiotemporal evolution. Our approach, supporting an ultrawide bandwidth with simultaneously high spectral and spatial resolution, enables ready synthesis of complex states of structured space-time wave packets. We expect our results to offer unique capabilities in coherent ultrafast light-matter interactions and facilitate applications in microscopy, communications, and nonlinear optics.

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