Intense femtosecond pulse compression by use of a fused-silica spatial light modulator

Author

Oishi, Yasuyuki ; Suda, Akira ; Nagasaka, Ken ; Oishi, Yasuyuki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Sci. Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

270

Abstract

Summary form only given. The spatial light modulator (SLM) is a powerful tool for generation and application of ultrashort laser pulses. However, conventional SLM´s which are made of liquid crystals can not be applied to intense laser pulses because of their low damage threshold. We have developed a novel SLM that consists of a one-dimensional array of fused-silica plates. Since the fused silica is transparent over a wide range of spectrum, the device can be applied not only to the fundamental wave but also to the second and third harmonic of Ti:sapphire lasers. The fused-silica SLM is a unique and robust device for dispersion compensation of high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses.

Keywords

laser beams; optical arrays; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pulse compression; silicon compounds; spatial light modulators; Ti:sapphire lasers; dispersion compensation; fundamental wave; fused-silica SLM; fused-silica plates; fused-silica spatial light modulator; high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses; intense femtosecond pulse compression; one-dimensional array; robust device; second harmonic; third harmonic; transparent; Laser applications; Liquid crystals; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947790

Filename

947790