PMID- 21747447 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120319 LR - 20181023 IS - 1094-4087 (Electronic) IS - 1094-4087 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 14 DP - 2011 Jul 4 TI - Phase resolved interferometric spectral modulation (PRISM) for ultrafast pulse measurement and compression. PG - 12961-8 LID - 10.1364/OE.19.012961 [doi] AB - We show through experiments and simulations that parallel phase modulation, a technique developed in the field of adaptive optics, can be employed to quickly determine the spectral phase profile of ultrafast laser pulses and to perform phase compensation as well as pulse shaping. Different from many existing ultrafast pulse measurement methods, the technique reported here requires no spectrum measurements of nonlinear signals. Instead, the power of nonlinear signals is used directly to quickly measure the spectral phase, a convenient feature for applications such as two-photon fluorescence microscopy. The method is found to work with both smooth and even completely random distortions. The experimental results are verified with MIIPS measurements. FAU - Wu, Tsai-wei AU - Wu TW AD - Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA. FAU - Tang, Jianyong AU - Tang J FAU - Hajj, Bassam AU - Hajj B FAU - Cui, Meng AU - Cui M LA - eng GR - Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Opt Express JT - Optics express JID - 101137103 SB - IM MH - Computer-Aided Design MH - Data Compression/*methods MH - Equipment Design MH - Equipment Failure Analysis MH - Interferometry/*instrumentation MH - Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted/*instrumentation MH - Telecommunications/*instrumentation EDAT- 2011/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/20 06:00 CRDT- 2011/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 219077 [pii] AID - 10.1364/OE.19.012961 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Opt Express. 2011 Jul 4;19(14):12961-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.012961.