Abstract:
A device for compensating time dispersions applied to the generation of ultra-short pulses, includes: two transparent optical diffraction gratings (RA, RB), which are identical and parallel to each other, operating on the principle of the Bragg diffraction, and two identical prisms (PA, PB), placed head to tail, in the space separating the optical diffraction gratings (RA, RB), knowing that the outer faces (FeA, FeB) of the prisms are parallel to each other and form a non-zero angle (γ) with the faces of the optical diffraction gratings.
Abstract:
A device for the temporal shaping of the amplitude and phase of ultrashort pulses, includes: a birefringent waveguide 1 of main axis Δ consisting of a nematic liquid crystal 2 located between a photoconductive material 3 and a substrate 4, two transparent electrodes, one of which 5 is located between the nematic liquid crystal 2 and the substrate 4, and the other 6 such that the photoconductive material 3 is located between the other electrode 6 and the nematic liquid crystal 2, and projection optics 7 for projecting a programmable optical mask 8 onto the photoconductive material 3.