Naphthalocyanine-based time reversal mirror at 800 nm

J.-P. Galaup (1) , S. Fraigne (1) , J.-L. Le Gouët (1) , J.-P. Likforman (2) , Manuel Joffre (2)

1 LAC - Laboratoire Aimé Cotton
2 LOB - Laboratoire d'optique et biosciences

We performed pulse shaping and time reversal experiments using spectral holography based on persistent spectral hole burning in free-base naphthalocyanine-doped films. The application of a new pulse re-compression scheme based on a programmable hole burning material acting as a time reversal mirror is considered. In this work, we adapted the Fourier transform spectral interferometry technique for measuring the amplitude and phase of photon echo signals produced by diffraction of femtosecond pulses on a spectral hologram. We therefore demonstrated that we could control the pulses diffracted from the hologram by shaping and then characterizing these pulses in both amplitude and phase by spectral interferometry. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

J.-P. Galaup, S. Fraigne, J.-L. Le Gouët, J.-P. Likforman, Manuel Joffre. Naphthalocyanine-based time reversal mirror at 800 nm. 8th International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications, Jul 2003, Bozeman, MT., United States. pp.187-193, ⟨10.1016/j.jlumin.2003.12.007⟩. ⟨hal-00844791⟩