Analysis of nonlinear chirp compensation for ultra-broadband femtosecond optical pulses using a spatial light phase modulator - effects of time-window dispersion, pixel gaps and discreteness

Author

Morita, Nobutomo ; Morita, Ryuji ; Karasawa, Nobuhiro ; Yamashita, Masaru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

The effects of time-window dispersion, pixel gaps and discreteness of modulated phase on chirp compensation using a spatial light modulator are investigated. Numerical simulations are made for application to experimental results on ultra-broadband femtosecond optical pulses.

Keywords

chirp modulation; compensation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; spatial light modulators; blue-shift; concave mirrors; diffraction gratings; expansion center wavelength; modulated phase discreteness; nonlinear chirp compensation; numerical simulations; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaper; pixel gaps; spatial light phase modulator; time-window dispersion; ultrabroadband femtosecond optical pulses; Chirp; Diffraction gratings; Frequency; Optical diffraction; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971059

Filename

971059