DocumentCode :
746832
Title :
Prism-based pulse shaper for octave spanning spectra
Author :
Binhammer, Thomas ; Rittweger, Eva ; Ell, Richard ; Kärtner, Franz X. ; Morgner, Uwe
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck Inst. fur Kernphys., Heidelberg, Germany
Volume :
41
Issue :
12
fYear :
2005
Firstpage :
1552
Lastpage :
1557
Abstract :
We demonstrate a prism-based pulse shaping setup that enables the shaping of ultrashort pulses with octave-spanning spectra. In contrast to gratings prisms allow for a high throughput and large bandwidths. The second-order dispersion of the prism material is precompensated by a fused silica prism sequence while higher dispersion orders are compensated by the pulse shaper. This flexible tool for dispersion compensation enables us to generate the shortest pulses ever achieved directly from an oscillator. The resulting pulse is almost transform-limited and shows a clean temporal profile with very low background. We assess the performance and limitations of the setup both experimentally and by theoretical analysis.
Keywords :
compensation; optical dispersion; optical prisms; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; silicon compounds; fused silica prism sequence; octave spanning spectra; pulse shaper; second-order dispersion compensation; transform-limited pulse generation; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Chirp; Gratings; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Chirp compensation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; spatial light modulators; ultrabroad spectrum;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9197
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2005.858781
Filename :
1546281
Link To Document :
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