Title :
Non time stationary shaping of ultrafast pulses with transient molecular alignment
Author :
Bartels, Randy A. ; Hartinger, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
Abstract :
Ultrafast lasers pulses are shaped when propagating through ultrafast index transients by controlling both the input pulse temporal phase and the index transient. This technique extends beyond the limits of standard pulse shapers
Keywords :
molecular orientation; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; index transients; temporal phase; transient molecular alignment; ultrafast pulse shaping; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Phase modulation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548195
