Experimental results of a practical self-learning pulse-shaping system are presented. Real-time adaptive pulse shaping of uncharacterized pulses is achieved. A cross-correlation feedback measurement of the output pulses is used by a simulated-annealing algorithm to modify the pulses iteratively toward target shapes. This scheme can readily be used for coherent control of quantum dynamics.
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D. Meshulach, D. Yelin, and Y. Silberberg, "Adaptive real-time femtosecond pulse shaping," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 1615-1619 (1998)