Phased arrays of micromirrors for programmable shaping of ultrashort pulses

Author

Kebin Li ; Krishnamoorthy, U. ; Heritage, Jonathan P ; Solgaard, Olav

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

339

Lastpage

340

Abstract

Summary form only given. We demonstrate a new class of spatial light modulators, based on phased mirror arrays with tilt and shift that is built in the commercially available MUMPS technology. These devices, when expanded to larger array sizes, will find applications in femtosecond pulse shaping, higher order dispersion compensation, and wide bandwidth optical communications. Extensions to two-dimensional arrays will be useful in adaptive optics and correction of spatial beam aberrations.

Keywords

laser mirrors; micro-optics; micromachining; optical arrays; optical phase shifters; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; spatial light modulators; MUMPS surface micromachining; capacitive drives; comb drives; femtosecond pulse shaper; four-mirror array; ideal quadratic phase variation; phase shift; phased micromirror arrays; piecewise linear approximation; pixilated modulator; programmable shaping; programmable spatial light phase modulators; quadratic phase filter; tilt motion; ultrashort pulses; vertical motion; Bandwidth; Micromirrors; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Phased arrays; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947886

Filename

947886