Femtosecond pulse shaping using a two-dimensional liquid-crystal spatial light modulator

E. Frumker, Y. Silberberg

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Abstract

We introduce a programmable, high-rate scanning femtosecond pulse shaper based on a two-dimensional liquid crystal on a silicon spatial light modulator (SLM). While horizontal resolution of 1920 addressable pixels provides superior fidelity for generating complex waveforms, scanning across the vertical dimension (1080 pixels) has been used to facilitate at least 3 orders of magnitude speed increase as compared with typical liquid-crystal SLM-based pulse shapers. An update rate in excess of 100 kHz is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1384-1386
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume32
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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