Title :
Holographic pulse shaping in organic media
Author :
Brady, David ; Hill, Kent ; Basinger, Scott
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The broad bandwidth of a mode-locked laser pulse can be used to create optical signals of unprecedented time and space complexity. The number of degrees of freedom which can be controlled in a 1-D temporal signal is equal to the ratio of the maximum differential delay encountered by fields transiting the pulse shaper to the size of the minimum temporal feature controlled. This ratio is optimal in reflection holographic pulse shapers
Keywords :
holographic optical elements; laser beams; laser mode locking; light reflection; optical materials; optical modulation; optical prisms; organic compounds; 1-D temporal signal; broad bandwidth; degrees of freedom; holographic pulse shaping; maximum differential delay; minimum temporal feature; mode-locked laser pulse; optical signals; organic media; pulse shaper; reflection holographic pulse shapers; space complexity; unprecedented time complexity; Bandwidth; Delay; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse shaping methods; Shape control; Size control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379106
