Fully programmable two-dimensional pulse shaper for broadband line-by-line amplitude and phase control

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 28029-28039

  Metcalf, Andrew J ^a   Torres Company, Victor ^a,b   Supradeepa, V R ^a,c   Leaird, Daniel E ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE AND PHASE CONTROL; DISPERSION PROFILE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FULLY PROGRAMMABLES; LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS; VIRTUALLY IMAGED PHASED ARRAYS;

DISPERSIONS; LIGHT MODULATORS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84888257015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.028029     Document Type: Article

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