Ultrafast amplifier phase correction to the transform limit through the use of a deformable mirror pulse shaper

Author

Zeek, E. ; Backus, S. ; Bartles, R. ; Kapteyn, H. ; Murnane, M.

Author_Institution

Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

187

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have used a programmable deformable mirror pulse shaper to correct for high-order phase distortions resulting from >100 mm of optical material, mirrors, stretcher distortions, in an amplifier system. We are currently working to broaden the amplified spectrum to take full advantage of the pulse shaper, and to use this amplifier to get transform-limited 16 fs pulses, with 6 mJ of energy, at 1 kHz.

Keywords

adaptive optics; mirrors; optical pulse shaping; spectral line broadening; 16 ps; 6 mJ; amplified spectrum broadening; amplifier system; deformable mirror pulse shaper; high-order phase distortions; mirrors; optical material; programmable deformable mirror pulse shaper; pulse shaper; stretcher distortions; transform-limited fs pulses; ultrafast amplifier phase correction; Chirp; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Phase distortion; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834061

Filename

834061