Title :
Adaptive pulse compression of femtosecond laser pulses using a low-loss pulse shaper
Author :
Hong, Kyung-Han ; Nam, Chang Hee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
A low-loss pulse shaper, composed of a micro-machined deformable mirror and a Brewster-cutprism, is demonstrated for the adaptive compression of femtosecond laser pulses. The transmission efficiency of the pulse shaper reaches 93 % with dielectric mirrors and 85 % with gold-coated mirrors.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical prisms; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; 85 percent; 93 percent; Brewster-cutprism; adaptive compression; adaptive pulse compression; dielectric mirrors; femtosecond laser pulses; gold-coated mirrors; low-loss pulse shaper; micromachined deformable mirror; transmission efficiency; Dielectrics; Laser noise; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse compression methods; Pulse shaping methods; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277094
