High-resolution ultrafast laser pulse shaping for quantum control and terabit per second communications

Advances in ultrafast laser pulse shaping technology will expand capabilities for quantum molecular control and high speed optical communications networks. Here we report a dramatic increase in pulse shaping resolution using a large aperture acoustooptic modulator[1]. We also present recent results with shaped pulse amplification and two applications–quantum control by steering wavepackets with frequency swept pulses, and an architecture for terabit/sec optical communications.