Title :
Femtosecond direct space-to-time pulse shaping
Author :
Leaird, Daniel E. ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fDate :
4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The direct space-to-time (DST) pulse shaping apparatus is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The discussion shows how the operation of the DST pulse shaper may be understood in terms of the femtosecond response of a generalized spectrometer. A complete discussion of the advantages and tradeoffs of utilizing this pulse-shaping configuration is given, including the direct scaling between the masking function and the output temporal intensity profile, system efficiency, spectral resolution, and temporal window, compensation/cancellation of chirp, and generation of multiple output waveforms
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; DST pulse shaper; chirp cancellation; chirp compensation; direct scaling; femtosecond direct space-to-time pulse shaping; femtosecond response; generalized spectrometer; masking function; multiple output waveform generation; output temporal intensity profile; pulse-shaping configuration; spectral resolution; system efficiency; temporal window; Chirp; Fourier transforms; Optical arrays; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse shaping methods; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
