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A 2D Spatial Light Modulator for spatio-temporal shaping
Daan Sprünken
Holoeye HEO1080pPhase-only Spatial Light Modulator
Amplitude modulation
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Maximum phase delay
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Femtosecond laser
0.000000000000030 seconds
Short in time
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Broad in spectrum
Diffraction grating
Spatial Light Modulator
Diffraction grating
How to get the shortest possible pulse?
Second Harmonic Generation
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Two photons combined into one
Highest intensity
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Shortest pulse
Evolutionary algorithm
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Free parameterisation
Moving nodes parameterisation
2p
0
Moving nodes parameterisation
2p
0
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Phase maskP
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2p
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p
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Pixels
Characterise pulses
How do you measure the shortest event?
Measure with itself
FrequencyResolvedOpticalGating
4.5 femtosecond pulseW
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gth
(n
m) 300
500
400
-40 40
Time (fs)-20 200
Baltuska et al.
Shaped pulse
Reference pulse
Original pulseW
avel
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gth
(n
m) 420
380
400
-1000 1000
Time (fs)0
Optimised pulseW
avel
en
gth
(n
m) 420
380
400
-1000 1000
Time (fs)0
Pulse trainW
avel
en
gth
(n
m) 408
392
400
-1000 1000
Time (fs)0
Pulse trainW
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gth
(n
m) 408
392
400
-1000 1000
Time (fs)0
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Chemical selectivity
Steer reactions
Activate photosensitive drugs
Spatial distortions
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Time
Freq
uen
cy
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1
2
3
0 50 100 150 200 250
Ph
ase
de
lay
(p)
SLM input
Input vs. phase delay
Default
Improved
Cylindrical mirror Diffraction grating Folding mirror Spatial light modulator
Covariance Matrix Adaptation
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0.5
1
1.5
2
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Fitn
ess
Generation
Fitness per generation
Max
Mean
Min
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0.8
0.9
1
0 100 200Op
tim
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ion
fact
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Dimension
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0.8
0.9
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tim
isat
ion
fact
or
Number of offspring m
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0.75
1
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tim
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or
Population size l
0.5
0.75
1
0 0.1 0.2Op
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Initial scaling factor
Moving nodesFree optimisation