Linear pre-compensation of SPM-induced pulse distortions with a deformable mirror

Author

Bruner, L.R. ; Albert, O. ; Cheriaux, G. ; Mourou, G. ; Norris, T. ; Vdovin, G.

Author_Institution

Center of Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

187

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have implemented a demonstration on the linear pre-compensation of self phase modulation (SPM), using a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser and a pulse shaper using a linear deformable mirror in the Fourier plane of the pulse shaper. The pulses were first stretched in 3.2 cm of glass, sent through the pulse shaper, and injected into 38 cm of single-mode fiber as the nonlinear element. The pulses were then recompressed using a grating pair (400 l/mm), and measured using interferometric autocorrelation.

Keywords

adaptive optics; diffraction gratings; laser mode locking; light interferometry; mirrors; optical correlation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; 3.2 cm; 38 cm; Fourier plane; SPM-induced pulse distortions; deformable mirror; grating pair; interferometric autocorrelation; light interferometry; linear deformable mirror; linear pre-compensation; mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser; nonlinear element; optical correlation; optical pulse recompression; optical pulse shaper; optical pulse stretching; self phase modulation; single-mode fiber; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Nonlinear distortion; Optical pulse shaping; Phase modulation; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Scanning probe microscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834062

Filename

834062