Title :
Femtosecond pulse compression and shaping for a regenerative CPA system with an acousto-optic programmable dispersion filter
Author :
Ohno, K. ; Tanabe, T. ; Sato, M. ; Kannari, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrated that flexible shaping in both the phase and amplitude of ultrashort pulses amplified by a regenerative amplifier is obtainable with an acousto-optic programmable dispersion filter which was located before a pulse stretcher.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; chirp modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; acousto-optic programmable dispersion filter; femtosecond pulse compression; flexible shaping; frequency-resolved optical grating; pulse shaping; pulse stretcher; regenerative chirp parametric amplifier; second-order dispersion; Acoustic pulses; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970872
