title: Calibration of liquid crystal ultrafast pulse shaper with common-path spectral interferometry and application to coherent control with a covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary strategy.
abstract: An ultrafast pulse shaper for coherent control applications is described, complete with a simple, reliable calibration technique and an advanced learning control algorithm. The calibration technique makes use of a common-path interferometer, producing less noisy measurements than a conventional Mach-Zehnder interferometer. A covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary strategy (ES) is demonstrated to perform better than a traditional ES for high-dimensional search landscapes.
authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1320, USA.
authors: Jesse W
authors: JW
authors: Wilson
authors: Philip
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authors: Schlup
authors: Monte
authors: M
authors: Lunacek
authors: Darrell
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authors: Whitley
authors: Randy A
authors: RA
authors: Bartels