title: Multidimensional control of femtosecond pulses by use of a programmable liquid-crystal matrix.
abstract: We report the automated generation of high-fidelity spatiotemporally shaped femtosecond pulses by use of an optically addressed, two-dimensional liquid-crystal spatial light modulator. A single input pulse was divided into many independent regions, and each region was shaped temporally. By changing the imaging geometry we accomplished either real-space or wave-vector shaping.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feurer
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Koehl
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Nelson