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We report on the application of shaped femtosecond pulses on low-field chirped excitation of an atomic two-level system. The induced transient phenomena can be considered as a phase diagram of the excitation pulse. Their high sensitivity to the phase-modulated pulse is analyzed, by comparing numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation with experimental results. These coherent transients allow for high precision calibration of pulse-shaping setups where usual methods are less efficient. As an illustration, a comparison between 128-pixel and 640-pixel spatial light modulator pulse shapers is given.
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Wohlleben, W., Degert, J., Monmayrant, A. et al. Coherent transients as a highly sensitive probe for femtosecond pulse shapers. Appl. Phys. B 79, 435–439 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1555-x
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