Spatio-temporal characterization and control of ultrashort pulses through a multiply scattering medium

Ayhan Tajalli (1, 2) , David J. Mccabe (1, 2) , Dane R. Austin (3) , Sylvain Gigan (4) , Ian A. Walmsley (3) , Béatrice Chatel (1, 2)

1 Femto (LCAR)
2 LCAR - Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité
3 Clarendon Laboratory [Oxford]
4 IL - Institut Langevin - Ondes et Images (UMR7587)

Propagation of ultrashort broadband pulses through a multiply scattering media result in complex spatio-temporal speckle pattern. Using spectral pulse shaping, we demonstrate the spatially localized temporal recompression of the output speckle to the Fourier-limit duration.

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Ayhan Tajalli, David J. Mccabe, Dane R. Austin, Sylvain Gigan, Ian A. Walmsley, et al.. Spatio-temporal characterization and control of ultrashort pulses through a multiply scattering medium. XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, Jul 2012, Dorigny, Switzerland. pp.12003, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/20134112003⟩. ⟨hal-00925561⟩