Shortening of a laser pulse with a self-modulated phase at the focus of a lens
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 1, pp. 93-95 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.000093
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Abstract
We found that, at the focus of a chromatic lens, a laser pulse with a self-modulated phase can be shortened due to the radial dependence of the group delay imposed by the lens. Normally, this group delay stretches a short pulse into a long pulse by spreading the arrival time of the pulse at the focus. However, for a pulse with a self-modulated phase, it causes the fields with different phases to overlap, thus resulting in destructive interference that shortens the pulse.
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OCIS Codes
(190.5940) Nonlinear optics : Self-action effects
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
(320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping
ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics
History
Original Manuscript: July 3, 2006
Revised Manuscript: October 2, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: October 5, 2006
Published: December 13, 2006
Citation
Yuelin Li and Robert Crowell, "Shortening of a laser pulse with a self-modulated phase at the focus of a lens," Opt. Lett. 32, 93-95 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-1-93
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