title: Compact direct space-to-time pulse shaping with a phase-only spatial light modulator.
abstract: A very compact and innovative pulse shaper is proposed and demonstrated. The standard architecture for pulse shaping that is composed of diffraction gratings associated with an amplitude-phase spatial light modulator (SLM) is replaced by a single phase-only SLM. It acts as a pulse stretcher and as an amplitude and phase modulator at the same time. Preliminary experiments demonstrate the accurate control of amplitude and phase of shaped pulses.
authors.affiliation: XLIM Institut de Recherche, Université de Limoges, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France. tigrancho@gmail.com
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mansuryan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalashyan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lhermite
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suran
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kermene
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barthelemy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Louradour