Title :
Shaping of ultrashort pulses using bulk acousto-optic filter
Author :
Maák, Pál ; Barócsi, Attila ; Jakab, László ; Richter, Péter ; Kurdi, Gábor ; Osvay, Károly ; Kovács, Attila P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Atomic Phys., Budapest Univ. of Technol., Hungary
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose to use the shear acoustic mode of an AO crystal. This allows us to perform filtering by a bulk device in a relatively simple arrangement with the advantages of high diffraction efficiency configuration speed. We demonstrated this technique using 800 nm, 25 fs transform limited pulses from a Ti:sapphire oscillator and a 10 mm long TeO2, acousto-optical crystal.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse shaping; sapphire; solid lasers; tellurium compounds; titanium; 10 mm; 25 fs; 800 nm; Al2O3:Ti; TeO2; TeO2 acousto-optical crystal; Ti:sapphire oscillator; bulk acousto-optic filter; diffraction efficiency; shear acoustic mode; ultrashort laser pulse shaping; Acoustic diffraction; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic waves; Frequency; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Shape control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568173
