Ultrafast optical pulse shaping: A tutorial review |
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Authors: | Andrew M Weiner |
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Institution: | Purdue University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285, United States |
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Abstract: | This paper presents a tutorial on the field of femtosecond pulse shaping, a technology that enables generation of nearly arbitrary, user defined, ultrafast optical waveforms, with control of phase, amplitude, and polarization. The emphasis is on Fourier transform pulse shaping, the most widely applied technique. Selected pulse shaping applications are described, with specific discussion of coherent control of quantum and nonlinear processes and of lightwave communications. Two new areas of pulse shaping research, namely, hyperfine spectral resolution pulse shaping and pulse shaping applications in ultrabroadband RF photonics, are discussed and illustrated with examples taken from the author's laboratory. |
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Keywords: | Ultrafast optics Pulse shaping Femtosecond optics Coherent control Optical signal processing Radio-frequency photonics |
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