Pulse shaping in the mid-infrared by a deformable mirror

We present a pulse-shaping scheme operating in the mid-infrared (MIR) wavelength range up to 20 ?m. The spectral phase is controlled by a specially designed large stroke 32-actuator deformable mirror in a grating-based 4f configuration. We demonstrate the shaper capability of compressing the MIR pulses, imparting parabolic and thirdorder spectral phases and splitting the spectral content to create two independent pulses. © 2014 Optical Society of America.