Ultraviolet and near-infrared femtosecond temporal pulse shaping with a new high-aspect-ratio one-dimensional micromirror array.

نویسندگان

  • Stefan M Weber
  • Jérôme Extermann
  • Luigi Bonacina
  • Wilfried Noell
  • Denis Kiselev
  • Severin Waldis
  • Nico F de Rooij
  • Jean-Pierre Wolf
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 35 18  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010