Abstract: This dissertation is broken up into three parts: (I) generating high-quality ultrafast pulses
around 1060 nm, (II) using the pulses from part (I) to generate pulses around 1300 nm, and
(III) analyzing newly developed experimental theories and methods utilizing these pulses for
linear and nonlinear microscopy. The majority of the work in this dissertation is
choreographing the dance between nonlinear spectral broadening in optical fiber and the
associated complexity in accumulated spectral phase. We have developed and employed
several systems which manage to accomplish this task quite elegantly due to our
technological contributions, producing high-quality pulses with high oscillator-type pulse
energies both at 1060 and 1250 nm. In addition to developing some theory and techniques
extending current types of nonlinear microscopy, we have as a capstone an experimental
microscope cascading several of our primary source and application technologies to conduct
an entirely new form of spectroscopic absorption imaging.
Adviser: Randy Bartels Co-Adviser: n/a Non-ECE Member: Amber Krummel Member 3: Diego Krapf Addional Members: Mario Marconi
Publications: 1. Domingue, S. R. & Bartels, R. A. Nearly transform-limited sub-20-fs pulses at 1065 nm and >10 nJ enabled by a flat field ultrafast pulse shaper. Opt. Lett. 40, 253 (2015).
2. Masihzadeh, O. et al. Third harmonic generation microscopy of a mouse retina. Mol. Vis. 21, 538–547 (2015).
3. Domingue, S. R. & Bartels, R. A. Three-photon excitation source at 1250 nm generated in a dual zero dispersion wavelength nonlinear fiber. Opt. Express 22, 2665–2673 (2014).
4. Domingue, S. R. & Bartels, R. A. Nonlinear fiber amplifier with tunable transform limited pulse duration from a few 100 to sub-100-fs at watt-level powers. Opt. Lett. 39, 359–62 (2014).
5. Domingue, S. R., Winters, D. G. & Bartels, R. A. Time-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy by high-speed pump-probe delay scanning. Opt. Lett. 39, 4124 (2014).
6. Domingue, S. R. & Bartels, R. A. Overcoming temporal polarization instabilities from the latent birefringence in all-normal dispersion, wave-breaking-extended nonlinear fiber supercontinuum generation. Opt. Express 21, 13305–21 (2013).
7. Domingue, S. R. & Bartels, R. Polarization Instabilities in All Normal Dispersion Supercontinuum from Yb-doped Modelocked Lasers. in Conf. Lasers Electro-Optics (2012).
8. Domingue, S. R. & Bartels, R. A. Practical supercontinuum source for few hundred femtosecond seed pulses. in 2012 IEEE Photonics Conf. IPC 2012 624–625 (2012).
9. Alessi, D. et al. Spectral Linewidth Measurement of an Injection-Seeded Transient 18.9 nm Soft X-Ray Laser. in CLEO2011 - Laser Appl. to Photonic Appl. (2011).
10. Meng, L. M. et al. Temporal coherence and spectral linewidth of an injection-seeded transient collisional soft x-ray laser. Opt. Express 19, 12087–92 (2011).
11. Berrill, M. et al. Improved beam characteristics of solid-target soft x-ray laser amplifiers by injection seeding with high harmonic pulses. Opt. Lett. 35, 2317–9 (2010).
12. Rocca, J. J. et al. Recent Advances of Table-Top Soft X-ray Lasers. in Adv. Solid-State Photonics AMA5 (2010).
13. Alessi, D. et al. Beam characteristics of an injection-seeded solid-target plasma soft X-ray laser. in 2010 23rd Annu. Meet. IEEE Photonics Soc. PHOTINICS 2010 341–342 (2010).
14. Rocca, J. J. et al. Progress in the development of compact high repetition rate soft x-ray lasers: Gain saturation at 10.9 nm and first demonstration of an all-diode-pumped soft x-ray laser. in Proc. SPIE - Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 7451, (2009).
15. Martz, D. et al. Demonstration of a high average power table-top soft x-ray laser at 13.9 nm. in APS Four Corners Sect. Meet. Abstr. 1, (2009).
16. Alessi, D. et al. Generation of Phase-Coherent Soft X-Ray Laser Beams by Seeding Plasma Amplifiers. in APS Meet. Abstr. 1, (2009).
17. Yalin, A. P., Rubin, B., Domingue, S. R., Glueckert, Z. & Williams, J. D. Differential sputter yields of boron nitride, quartz, and kapton due to low energy Xe bombardment. AIAA Pap. 5314 (2007).
Program of Study: BC 512 BC 565 CHEM 773 ECE 503 ECE 504 ECE 604 ECE 642 MATH 545
