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Time-to-space mapping of femtosecond pulses
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In this paper, a temporal hologram of a short optical pulse with a continuous-wave diode laser is read out and the shape information is converted into a spatial pattern that can be viewed with a camera.Abstract:
We report time-to-space mapping of femtosecond light pulses in a temporal holography setup. By reading out a temporal hologram of a short optical pulse with a continuous-wave diode laser, we accurately convert temporal pulse-shape information into a spatial pattern that can be viewed with a camera. We demonstrate real-time acquisition of electric-field autocorrelation and cross correlation of femtosecond pulses with this technique.read more
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Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators
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Femtosecond optical pulse shaping and processing
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Single-shot ultrafast optical imaging
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High-resolution femtosecond pulse shaping
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TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of arbitrarily shaped femtosecond pulses by spectral filtering in a temporally nondispersive grating apparatus is demonstrated by utilizing spatially patterned masks to modify the amplitude and the phase of the optical frequency components that are spatially dispersed within the apparatus.
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Programmable shaping of femtosecond optical pulses by use of 128-element liquid crystal phase modulator
TL;DR: In this paper, a 128-element liquid crystal modulator is used to manipulate the phases of optical frequency components which are spatially dispersed within a grating-and-lens pulse shaping apparatus.
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Pulse distortions in tilted pulse schemes for ultrashort pulses
TL;DR: In this article, an analytical expression for the propagation of the amplitude of tilted ultrashort pulses is derived and the conditions to be met in order to avoid such distortions arising are the pulse broadening, tilt angle decrease, chirp, frequency shift and spatial profile variation.
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Femtosecond spectral holography
TL;DR: In this paper, a femtosecond pulse shaping apparatus is used for storage, recall, and processing of femto-cond waveforms, which can be used for matched filtering, dispersion compensation, encryption and decoding and femtocond waveform synthesis.