title: Ultraviolet and near-infrared femtosecond temporal pulse shaping with a new high-aspect-ratio one-dimensional micromirror array.
abstract: We demonstrate the capabilities of a new optical microelectromechanical systems device that we specifically developed for broadband femtosecond pulse shaping. It consists of a one-dimensional array of 100 independently addressable, high-aspect-ratio micromirrors with up to 3 μm stroke. We apply linear and quadratic phase modulations demonstrating the temporal compression of 800 and 400 nm pulses. Because of the device's surface flatness, stroke, and stroke resolution, phase shaping over an unprecedented bandwidth is attainable.
authors.affiliation: Université de Genève, GAP-Biophotonics, 20 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stefan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Extermann
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonacina
authors.forename: Wilfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Noell
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiselev
authors.forename: Severin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waldis
authors.forename: Nico F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: de Rooij
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D007259:Infrared Rays; D055096:Optical Devices; D013997:Time Factors; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays