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Calibration of liquid crystal ultrafast pulse shaper with common-path spectral interferometry and application to coherent control with a covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary strategy

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 033103 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.2839919

Published 7 March 2008

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Jesse W. Wilson,1 Philip Schlup,1 Monte Lunacek,2 Darrell Whitley,2 and Randy A. Bartels1
1Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1320, USA
2Computer Science Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1320, USA
An ultrafast pulse shaper for coherent control applications is described, complete with a simple, reliable calibration technique and an advanced learning control algorithm. The calibration technique makes use of a common-path interferometer, producing less noisy measurements than a conventional Mach–Zehnder interferometer. A covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary strategy (ES) is demonstrated to perform better than a traditional ES for high-dimensional search landscapes. ©2008 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 19 November 2007; accepted 14 January 2008; published 7 March 2008
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PACS
  • 78.47.-p
    Spectroscopy of solid state dynamics
  • 61.30.Eb
    Experimental determinations of smectic, nematic, cholesteric, and other structures
  • YEAR: 2008

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