Arbitrary-detuning asynchronous optical sampling with amplified laser systems

Abstract : We demonstrate that Arbitrary-Detuning ASynchronous OPtical Sampling (AD-ASOPS) makes possible multiscale pump-probe spectroscopy with time delays spanning from picosecond to millisecond. The implementation on pre-existing femtosecond amplifiers seeded by independent free-running oscillators is shown to be straightforward. The accuracy of the method is determined by comparison with spectral interferometry, providing a distribution with a standard deviation ranging from 0.31 to 1.7 ps depending on experimental conditions and on the method used to compute the AD-ASOPS delays. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America