Title :
A strobed liquid spatial light modulator for ultraintense laser pulses - application to filamentation control
Author :
Rohwetter, P. ; Queisser, Marco ; Stelmaszczyk, K. ; Fechner, M. ; Woste, L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Experimentalphys., Freie Univ. Berlin, Berlin
Abstract :
We have implemented and tested a reflective spatial light modulator capable of patterning the far field intensity distribution of an intense pulsed laser beam, leading to spatially regularized multiple filamentation in air.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse shaping; spatial light modulators; far field intensity distribution; filamentation control; intense pulsed laser beam; multiple filamentation; reflective spatial light modulator; strobed liquid spatial light modulator; ultraintense laser pulses; Intensity modulation; Laser applications; Laser beams; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (230.6120) Spatial light modulators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
