title: Efficient temporal shaping of ultrashort pulses with birefringent crystals.
abstract: We report on a simple and robust technique to temporally shape ultrashort pulses. A number of birefringent crystals with appropriate crystal length and orientation form a crystal set. When a short pulse propagates through the crystal set, the pulse is divided into numerous pulses, producing a desired temporal shape. Flexibility in the final pulse shape is achieved through varying initial pulse duration, divided-pulse number, the polarization-mode delay, and energy distribution of the divided pulses. The energy efficiency of the technique is near 100% for a pulse train of alternating polarizations, and 50% for a linearly polarized pulse train.
authors: Department of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. sz53@cornell.edu
authors: Shian
authors: S
authors: Zhou
authors: Dimitre
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authors: Ouzounov
authors: Heng
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authors: Li
authors: Ivan
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authors: Bazarov
authors: Bruce
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authors: Dunham
authors: Charles
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authors: Sinclair
authors: Frank W
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