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  • Editor: Alan E. Willner
  • Vol. 34, Iss. 11 — Jun. 1, 2009
  • pp: 1696–1698

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Spatial light modulator of 648 pixels with liquid crystal transparent from ultraviolet to near-infrared and its chirp compensation application

Takashi Tanigawa, Yu Sakakibara, Shaobo Fang, Taro Sekikawa, and Mikio Yamashita  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 11, pp. 1696-1698 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.001696


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Abstract

We fabricated a 648 pixel, two-dimensional spatial light modulator (SLM) with a transmittance of more than 85% in the wavelength region from 260 to 1100   nm . The phase modulation characteristics of the liquid-crystal SLM were clarified. Furthermore, the SLM enabled us to compensate for chirp of 270 fs UV pulses and chirp of 120 fs near-IR pulses so that the former and latter pulse durations, respectively, were shortened to 35 and 25   fs . This suggests that the SLM can be utilized, in the UV to near-IR region, for the generation of monocycle optical pulses, pulse shaping, and other applications.

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OCIS Codes
(320.0320) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast optics
(320.5520) Ultrafast optics : Pulse compression
(320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping
(320.7080) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast devices
(320.7160) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast technology

ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics

History
Original Manuscript: February 18, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: April 23, 2009
Published: May 28, 2009

Citation
Takashi Tanigawa, Yu Sakakibara, Shaobo Fang, Taro Sekikawa, and Mikio Yamashita, "Spatial light modulator of 648 pixels with liquid crystal transparent from ultraviolet to near-infrared and its chirp compensation application," Opt. Lett. 34, 1696-1698 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-11-1696

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