Direct space-to-time femtosecond pulse shaping based on 2D phase-only spatial light modulator

Author

Mansuryan, Tigran ; Kalashyan, Meri ; Lhermite, Jérome ; Barthélémy, Alain ; Kermene, Vincent ; Louradour, Frédéric

Author_Institution

Fac. des Sci. et Tech., Lab. XLIM, Univ. de Limoges, Limoges, France

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present a very compact revisited DST-PS by using a phase-only 2D LC-SLM, without additional grating and mask. For conventional DST-PS, output pulse is directly repeating the form of a shaping mask which is imaged onto a passive diffraction grating. We introduce the following innovative feature: computer controlled reflective phase only LC-SLM with high spatial resolution (i.e. 8μm) can act as an inhomogeneous programmable blazed phase grating.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; liquid crystal devices; optical control; optical pulse shaping; reflectivity; spatial light modulators; 2D phase-only spatial light modulator; computer controlled reflective phase; direct space-to-time femtosecond pulse shaping; inhomogeneous programmable blazed phase; liquid crystal spatial light modulators; passive diffraction grating; shaping mask; spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943011

Filename

5943011