Femtosecond pulse shaping with twisted-nematic liquid-crystal spatial-light modulators

Authors
Hattori, T Kabuki, K Kawashima, Y Daikoku, M Nakatsuka, H
Citation
T. Hattori et al., Femtosecond pulse shaping with twisted-nematic liquid-crystal spatial-light modulators, JPN J A P 1, 38(10), 1999, pp. 5898-5904
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
5898 - 5904
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Shaping of 16 fs optical pulses using a twisted-nematic (TN) liquid-crystal spatial-light modulator (SLM) was conducted. The propel-ties of TN SLMs we re characterized theoretically and experimentally, and the relevant mode ex traction method was developed for the SLM mask pattern design using a simul ated annealing algorithm. Phase-sensitive pulse shaping using a TN SLM was performed and the shaped waveforms were observed by measuring the interfero metric intensity cross-correlation with unshaped pulses.