Dazzler systems or Acousto Optic Programmable Dispersive Filter (AOPDF). DazzlersTM (or AOPDF) products are turn key ultrafast pulse shaping systems simultaneously and independently performing both spectral phase and amplitude programmation of ultrafast laser pulses. All Dazzler systems include: A crystal module enabling to control, through a longitudinal acousto-optic interaction, optical signals in the hundreds of Terahertz range with RF signals in the tens of Megahertz range. An RF generator which delivers arbitrary RF waveforms to the crystal module. A laptop computer, connected to the RF generator via a USB link and installed with the DazzlerTM software. This user friendly software allows easy programmation of RF waveforms to perform specific optical pulse shaping.

The Dazzler system, invented by Pierre Tournois, is based upon a unique and patented collinear acousto-optic interaction, which brought an easy to implement and easy to maintain solution to control the femtosecond pulses.

The Dazzler is the only component that lies on your optical table. No need for bulky 4F lines (or 4-f zero dispersion optical delay lines). As a matter of fact, while conventional pulse shapers usually disperse the spectral component spatially using gratings or prisms, modulate the spectral components individually, and then recombine the spectral components to shape a pulse, the Dazzler only requires a single crystal module to achieve a better result.

The Dazzler features superior performances such as diffraction efficiencies, shaping quality, shaping contrast, and environmental stability. And no need for complex calibration procedure: you may think of spending time for your experiment, and eliminate time to tune your pulse shaper.

DazzlerTM systems are available for either insertion before or inside ultrafast amplifiers such as Chirped Pulse Amplification lasers or for direct operation behind OPA and NOPA. UV Dazzler have also been recently developed, using KDP.