• DocumentCode
    447980
  • Title

    Spectral compression of ultrafast pulses using transiently aligned molecules

  • Author

    Hartinger, Klaus ; Bartels, Randy A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    488
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate temporal phase modulation of an ultrafast pulse by a time-dependent refractive index of transiently aligned anisotropic gas molecules. This allows for the generation of transform limited pulses that are tunable in duration.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; refractive index; pulse shaping; spectral compression; temporal phase modulation; time-dependent refractive index; transient aligned anisotropic gas molecules; ultrafast laser pulse; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Chirp; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Shape control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201822
  • Filename
    1572888