Title :
Spectral compression of ultrafast pulses using transiently aligned molecules
Author :
Hartinger, Klaus ; Bartels, Randy A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate temporal phase modulation of an ultrafast pulse by a time-dependent refractive index of transiently aligned anisotropic gas molecules. This allows for the generation of transform limited pulses that are tunable in duration.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; refractive index; pulse shaping; spectral compression; temporal phase modulation; time-dependent refractive index; transient aligned anisotropic gas molecules; ultrafast laser pulse; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Chirp; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Shape control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201822
