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

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

113

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379106

Filename

379106