Title :
Ultrashort-pulse laser with designer optical phase
Author :
Metzger, N.K. ; Lubeigt, W. ; Burns, D. ; Griffith, M. ; Laycock, L. ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
In this work we investigate the performance of a novel ultrashort laser cavity design that incorporates an intracavity deformable mirror as a versatile phase-control element. With this cavity it is possible to induce user- defined phase changes into the pulse directly from the laser oscillator, as depicted in Fig. 1 thereby eliminating the need for an additional external pulse shaper.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical pulse generation; designer optical phase; external pulse shaper; intracavity deformable mirror; laser oscillator; ultrashort laser cavity; ultrashort-pulse laser; user-defined phase changes; versatile phase-control element; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Phase control; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194547
