Characterization of a high efficiency, ultrashort pulse shaper incorporating a reflective 4096-element spatial light modulator

被引：14

作者：

Field, Jeffrey J. ^{[1
]}

Planchon, Thomas A. ^{[1
]}

Amir, Wafa ^{[1
]}

Durfee, Charles G. ^{[1
]}

Squier, Jeff A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Colorado Sch Mines, Ctr Microintegrat Opt Adv Bioimaging & Control, Dept Phys, Golden, CO 80401 USA

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2007年 / 278卷 / 02期

关键词：

liquid-crystal devices; ultrafast processes; pulse-shaping; ultrafast measurements;

D O I：

10.1016/j.optcom.2007.06.034

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate pulse shaping via arbitrary phase modulation with a reflective, I x 4096 element, liquid crystal spatial light modulator (SLM). The unique construction of this device provides a very high efficiency when the device is used for phase modulation only in a prism based pulse shaper, namely 85%,,. We also present a single shot characterization of the SLM in the spatial domain and a single shot characterization of the pulse shaper in the spectral domain. These characterization methods provide a detailed picture of how the SLM modifies the spectral phase of an ultrashort pulse. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：368 / 376

页数：9

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