Open AccessShaping a femtosecond pulse with a programmable thermo-optically driven phase modulator
Author(s) -
Felix Reinert,
Markus Ninck,
W. Lüthy,
Thomas Feurer
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.004372
Subject(s) - pulse shaping , femtosecond pulse shaping , optics , spatial light modulator , femtosecond , pulse (music) , multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan , phase modulation , ultrashort pulse , phase (matter) , projector , bandwidth limited pulse , phase conjugation , materials science , dispersion (optics) , optical modulator , physics , laser , phase noise , quantum mechanics , detector
A femtosecond pulse shaping apparatus based on a thermo-optically driven spatial phase modulator is presented. The modulator cell is illuminated by a standard projector and is easily controllable with a computer. In principle the setup allows for two dimensional pulse shaping, however, all initial demonstrations reported here, such as feedback controlled dispersion compensation or pulse train generation, are performed in a one dimensional phase-only shaping geometry.