Title :
Chirp compensation in a femtosecond direct space-to-time optical pulse shaper
Author :
Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We report the first demonstration of dispersion control using the direct space-to-time (DST) pulse shaper. It is well known that dispersion can be controlled in the FT pulse shaper by varying the longitudinal position of one of the gratings; this is the basis of the pulse stretcher commonly used for chirped pulse amplification. As we show a different recipe is needed for dispersion control in the DST shaper.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; DST shaper; FT pulse shaper; chirp compensation; chirped pulse amplification; direct space-to-time pulse shaper; dispersion control; femtosecond direct space-to-time optical pulse shaper; longitudinal position; Chirp; Diffraction gratings; Lenses; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Shape control; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834060
