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Ultrashort optical pulses

Shaping up

Nature Photonics volume 4, pages 154–155 (2010)Cite this article

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The use of pulse-shaping technology to optimize the temporal and spectral properties of ultrashort light pulses can enhance their utility in many applications.

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Figure 1: In AOPDFs, light propagates collinearly with a progressive acoustic wave in an acousto-optic birefringent crystal.

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Figure 2: Using pulse-shaping to enhance contrast.

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  1. Nicolas Forget is a scientist at Fastlite, Centre scientifique d'Orsay - Bât.503, Plateau du Moulon, 91401 Orsay, France. forget@fastlite.com,

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Forget, N. Shaping up. Nature Photon 4, 154–155 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.22

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