In situ tomography of femtosecond optical beams with a holographic knife-edge. Academic Article

abstract

• We present an in situ beam characterization technique to analyze femtosecond optical beams in a folded version of a 2f-2f setup. This technique makes use of a two-dimensional spatial light modulator (SLM) to holographically redirect radiation between different diffraction orders. This manipulation of light between diffraction orders is carried out locally within the beam. Because SLMs can withstand intensities of up to I 10(11) W/cm2, this makes them suitable for amplified femtosecond radiation. The flexibility of the SLM was demonstrated by producing a diverse assortment of "soft apertures" that are mechanically difficult or impossible to reproduce. We test our method by holographically knife-edging and tomographically reconstructing both continuous wave and broadband radiation in transverse optical modes.

authors

• Schuessler, Hans

published proceedings

• Opt Express

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Strohaber, J., Kaya, G., Kaya, N., Hart, N., Kolomenskii, A. A., Paulus, G. G., & Schuessler, H. A.

citation count

• 18

publication date

• July 2011

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OE.19.014321

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/127143

start page

• 14321

end page

• 14334

volume

• 19

issue

• 15

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.19.014321