Title :
8-fs High-contrast vortex pulses
Author :
Bock, Martin ; Jahns, Jürgen ; Grunwald, Ruediger
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. Nonlinear Opt. & Short-Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
8-fs High-contrast vortex beams were shaped from 6.5-fs pulses with a compact diffractive structure. These are the shortest twisted optical fields reported so far. The pulse transfer indicates a self-compensation of dispersion and diffraction.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light diffraction; optical dispersion; optical pulse shaping; optical vortices; compact diffractive structure; high-contrast vortex beam shaping; high-contrast vortex pulses; optical diffraction; optical dispersion; pulse transfer; self-compensation; time 6.5 fs; time 8 fs; twisted optical fields; Dispersion; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical vortices; Optimized production technology; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
