Experimental demonstration of a temporal pulse shaping method based on nonlinear chirp

Abstract

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 ramp-shaped 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.