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ArticleLight, science & applications2018

Four-dimensional light shaping: manipulating ultrafast spatiotemporal foci in space and time.

Bangshan Sun, Patrick S Salter, Clemens Roider, Alexander Jesacher, Johannes Strauss, Johannes Heberle, Michael Schmidt, Martin J Booth

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Article in Light, science & applications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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8 authors.

Bangshan SunDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2628-2101
Patrick S SalterDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK.
Clemens RoiderInstitute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 3/5, Erlangen 91052, Germany.
Alexander JesacherDivision of Biomedical Physics, Innsbruck Medical University, Mullerstrasse 44, Innsbruck 6020, Austria.
Johannes StraussInstitute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 3/5, Erlangen 91052, Germany.
Johannes HeberleInstitute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 3/5, Erlangen 91052, Germany.
Michael SchmidtInstitute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 3/5, Erlangen 91052, Germany.
Martin J BoothDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spectral dispersion of ultrashort pulses allows the simultaneous focusing of light in both space and time, which creates so-called spatiotemporal foci. Such space-time coupling may be combined with the existing holographic techniques to give a further dimension of control when generating focal light fields. In the present study, it is shown that a phase-only hologram placed in the pupil plane of an objective and illuminated by a spatially chirped ultrashort pulse can be used to generate three-dimensional arrays of spatio-temporally focused spots. By exploiting the pulse front tilt generated at focus when applying simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing (SSTF), it is possible to overlap neighboring foci in time to create a smooth intensity distribution. The resulting light field displays a high level of axial confinement, with experimental demonstrations given through two-photon microscopy and the non-linear laser fabrication of glass.

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laser material processinglight shapingspatiotemporal focusingultrafast lasers

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PMID30839626
PMCPMC6107044

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