Title :
Experimental demonstration of pulse shaping and shortening by spatial filtering of an induced-phase-modulated probe wave
Author :
Dreischub, A. ; Buchvarov, I. ; Eugenieva, E. ; Iliev, A. ; Dinev, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quantum Electron., Sofia Univ., Bulgaria
fDate :
3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An asymmetrically induced phase modulation resulting in an intensity-dependent spatial beam deflection and a subsequent spatial filtering have been used for all-optical pulse shaping and shortening. A compression factor of eight and controllable symmetrical super-Gaussian pulses and pulse trains have been observed in a good agreement with previous analyses in a pump-probe beam configuration
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse compression; phase modulation; spatial filters; all-optical pulse shaping; asymmetrically induced phase modulation; compression factor; controllable symmetrical super-Gaussian pulses; induced-phase-modulated probe wave; intensity-dependent spatial beam deflection; pulse shaping; pulse shortening; pulse trains; spatial filtering; Filtering; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical beams; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Probes; Pulse shaping methods;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
