Pulse compression by use of deformable mirrors
Erik ZeekCenter for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099Kira MaginnisCenter for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099Sterling BackusCenter for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099Ulrich A. RussekCenter for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099Margaret M. MurnaneCenter for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099G. MourouCenter for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099Henry C. KapteynCenter for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099Gleb VdovinElectronic Instrumentation, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft , The Netherlands
1999en
ABI
Abstract
An electrostatically deformable, gold-coated, silicon nitride membrane mirror was used as a phase modulator to compress pulses from 92 to 15 fs. Both an iterative genetic algorithm and single-step dispersion compensation based on frequency-resolved optical gating calibration of the mirror were used to compress pulses to within 10% of the transform limit. Frequency-resolved optical gating was used to characterize the pulses and to test the range of the deformable-mirror-based compressor.
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