title: Pulse compression by use of deformable mirrors.
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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authors: Zeek
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authors: Maginnis
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authors: Backus
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authors: Russek
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authors: Murnane
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authors: Mourou
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authors: Kapteyn
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authors: Vdovin