Title :
Ultrafast amplifier phase correction to the transform limit through the use of a deformable mirror pulse shaper
Author :
Zeek, E. ; Backus, S. ; Bartles, R. ; Kapteyn, H. ; Murnane, M.
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have used a programmable deformable mirror pulse shaper to correct for high-order phase distortions resulting from >100 mm of optical material, mirrors, stretcher distortions, in an amplifier system. We are currently working to broaden the amplified spectrum to take full advantage of the pulse shaper, and to use this amplifier to get transform-limited 16 fs pulses, with 6 mJ of energy, at 1 kHz.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; mirrors; optical pulse shaping; spectral line broadening; 16 ps; 6 mJ; amplified spectrum broadening; amplifier system; deformable mirror pulse shaper; high-order phase distortions; mirrors; optical material; programmable deformable mirror pulse shaper; pulse shaper; stretcher distortions; transform-limited fs pulses; ultrafast amplifier phase correction; Chirp; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Phase distortion; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods;
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.1999.834061
