FEMTOSECOND PULSE SHAPING FOR SYNTHESIS, PROCESSING, AND TIME-TO-SPACE CONVERSION OF ULTRAFAST OPTICAL WAVE-FORMS

Citation
Am. Weiner et Am. Kanan, FEMTOSECOND PULSE SHAPING FOR SYNTHESIS, PROCESSING, AND TIME-TO-SPACE CONVERSION OF ULTRAFAST OPTICAL WAVE-FORMS, IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, 4(2), 1998, pp. 317-331
Citations number
87
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic",Optics
ISSN journal
1077260X
Volume
4
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
317 - 331
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-260X(1998)4:2<317:FPSFSP>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Shaping, signal processing, and time-space conversion of femtosecond p ulses can be achieved by linear and nonlinear manipulation of the spat ially dispersed optical frequency spectrum within a grating and lens p ulse shaper. In this paper, we first review our work on femtosecond pu lse shaping and processing, with an emphasis on applications to high-s peed communications and information processing. We then present a new concept for generalized time-space processing based on cascaded time-t o-space and space-to-time conversions in conjunction with smart pixel optoelectronic arrays and provide a detailed discussion of our recent studies of time-to-space conversion based on second-harmonic generatio n (SHG) within a femtosecond pulse shaper.