Title :
A 2-D VIPA-grating pulse shaper with a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) spatial light modulator for broadband, high resolution, programmable amplitude and phase control
Author :
Supradeepa, V.R. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate programmable amplitude and phase shaping with simultaneous broad-bandwidth(>;40nm) and high-resolution(~3.3GHz) using a 2-D VIPA-Grating pulse-shaper with a 2-D LCOS SLM. We demonstrate results with sources having continuous spectra and with optical frequency combs.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; diffraction gratings; liquid crystal on silicon; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; spatial light modulators; 2-D VIPA-grating pulse shaper; LCOS; Si; liquid crystal-on-silicon; optical frequency combs; programmable amplitude control; programmable phase control; spatial light modulator; virtually imaged phased array;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698977
