Abstract

A passive pulse-shaping system capable of producing optical pulses of arbitrary temporal profile on the subnansecond time scale is described and analyzed. The system uses a pair of gratings in a delay line and various filtering operations. An experimental investigation of the system is described, and several results are included.

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