Conference Agenda

We propose a new spatial light modulator (SLM) concept, relying on a local thermal modification of a thick liquid crystal layer, that is optically-induced through the absorption of a control beam. This innovative thermo-optically addressed SLM, coined TOA-SLM, has shown dynamic phase control capabilities over multi-octave light spectrum, as a promising candidate for spatial or temporal manipulation of ultrafast pulses. In addition to being ultra-broadband and programmable, such a device is low-cost, large-aperture and un-segmented with a high number of control points. The construction and training of a neural network-based statistical model provides configurable design of a prototype TOA-SLM. This step, together with the ultra-broadband acceptance of the device and its ability to introduce continuous and deep phase modulation over a large aperture, opens the way for ultrafast laser aberration compensation using this new technology.

We present results that show the possibility to arbitrarily shape the

driving laser for high-order harmonic generation with a spatial light modulator

in order to control different parameters of the generated harmonics

Dark optical solitons are solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in normal dispersion media with positive Kerr nonlinearity, exhibiting a discrete π phase jump. These solitons are valuable to applications within telecommunication. Recent advancements have demonstrated the generation of two-colour bright-dark soliton pairs through cross-amplitude modulation in laser cavities, resulting in mode locking. In this study we present for the first time full field characterization of the electric field of a dark pulse. We achieved this by performing Blind Frequency Resolved Optical Gating measurements using the synchronous bright pulse as the gate pulse. The retrieved dark pulse verifies the existence of the expected π phase jump in the phase of the dark pulse, confirming theoretical predictions.

This work presents a universal seeder architecture based on filamentation and parametric amplification from an Ytterbium pump laser for the generation of pulses with versatile properties in terms of central wavelength, bandwidth, CEP, and contrast for seeding high power amplifiers based on various technologies.

We present a general temporal shaping method based on spectral phase-only modulation for ultrafast laser sources. We explain the working principle of this technique and use it experimentally to generate a rampshaped pulse at the output of a laser source delivering 30 μJ 200 fs pulses at 500 kHz. This pulse is then launched inside a multipass cell to demonstrate non-linear wavelength shifting. A spectral tunability of 11 nm around the center wavelength of 1030 nm is achieved.