Programmable common-path vector field synthesizer for femtosecond pulses

We demonstrate a novel design for a femtosecond vector field synthesizer. Pulse shaping of all four degrees of freedom of the electric field (amplitude, phase, ellipticity, and orientation angle) is achieved with a single 1D double-layer spatial light modulator in a zero-dispersion compressor by mod...

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Published in:Optics letters 2007-12, Vol.32 (23), p.3379-3381
Main Authors: NINCK, M, GALLER, A, FEURER, T, BRIXNER, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
Fourier optics
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Imaging and optical processing
Nonlinear optics
Optics
Physics
Ultrafast processes
optical pulse generation and pulse compression
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Summary:We demonstrate a novel design for a femtosecond vector field synthesizer. Pulse shaping of all four degrees of freedom of the electric field (amplitude, phase, ellipticity, and orientation angle) is achieved with a single 1D double-layer spatial light modulator in a zero-dispersion compressor by modulating the amplitude and phase of the two transverse polarization components in separate halves of the modulator. Being a common-path arrangement, it is interferometrically stable and therefore usable for long-term measurements. The method can be broadly applied in coherent control and nonlinear spectroscopy.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/ol.32.003379