A pulsed light generation apparatus includes a dispersing unit for dispersing pulsed light for respective wavelengths, a polarization dependent type spatial light modulator for modulating the dispersed pulsed light in respective wavelengths, and a combining unit for combining wavelength components of the pulsed light output from the spatial light modulator. A polarization plane of the pulsed light input to the spatial light modulator is inclined with respect to a polarization direction in which the spatial light modulator has a modulation function. The spatial light modulator causes a time difference between a first polarization component of the pulsed light along the polarization direction and a second polarization component of the pulsed light intersecting with the first polarization component.
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