We present a novel nonlinear microscopy modality using a time-domain ptychographic phase measurement, i2PIE, to compress 80 MHz supercontinuum pulses from an ANDi PCF used as excitation source, improving contrast at reduced average power.
SLMs used for spatial modulation of lasers are often used in conjunction with very narrow bandwidth laser
light where diffractive dispersion could be approximated as a constant. It is known that diffractive dispersion
is inversely proportional to wavelength and this effect can be compensated for depending on the optical set-up.
SLMs use birefringent liquid crystal (LC) pixels each with an adjustable refractive index at a specific polarization.
The range of the adjustable refractive index is wavelength dependent. This adds an additional SLM dependent
dispersion. Note that we distinguish between diffractive dispersion and SLM dependent dispersion. SLMs are
therefore calibrated in order to have linearly adjustable phase retardation of light incident on the pixels between
zero and two pi for a specific wavelength. It is therefore unavoidable when using the same SLM, to do beam
shaping of a source which emits multiple wavelengths or a wide bandwidth, that the device will not modulate
all wavelengths between zero and two pi. We numerically and experimentally investigate the effect of SLM
dependent dispersion on spatial modulation of light incident on a 2D SLM. We further discuss why it is possible
to modulate multiple wavelengths between zero and two pi despite SLM dependent dispersion.
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