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Grating and prism compressors in the case of finite beam size
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In this article, the authors used the Kirchhoff-fresnel integral and an amplitude transfer operator for the grating and prism compressors for the case of finite beam size, and showed that even for well-collimated beams, pulse broadening may occur (mainly because of the wavelength dependence of the lateral walkoff).Abstract:
The grating and prism compressors are studied for the case of finite beam size by using the Kirchhoff–Fresnel integral and an amplitude transfer operator for the grating and prism. The results show that, even for well-collimated beams, pulse broadening may occur (mainly because of the wavelength dependence of the lateral walk-off). Methods to avoid the different types of distortions appearing in these systems are discussed.read more
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Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings
TL;DR: In this paper, the theory of the diffraction grating pair was developed by expanding the frequency dependence of the phase shift as far as the quadratic frequency term, and the analogy between pulse compression and Fresnel diffraction was treated.
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Negative dispersion using pairs of prisms.
TL;DR: It is shown that pairs of prisms can have negative group-velocity dispersion in the absence of any negative material dispersion.
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Compression of optical pulses chirped by self-phase modulation in fibers
TL;DR: In this article, the results of a theoretical analysis of the self-phase modulation in a single-mode fiber are presented for the achievable compression and compressed pulse quality as functions of fiber length and input pulse intensity.
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Negative group-velocity dispersion using refraction
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that a negative contribution to the group-velocity dispersion always accompanies angular dispersion and structures, such as slabs and prisms, that use this contribution to provide adjustable group velocity dispersion.