Femtosecond optical pulse generation from a CW laser using an electrooptic phase modulator featuring lens modulation

Author

Khayim, Tattee ; Yamauchi, Masakazu ; Kim, Dae-Sik ; Kobayashi, Tetsuro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

35

Issue

10

fYear

1999

fDate

10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1412

Lastpage

1418

Abstract

We report a novel electrooptic phase modulator featuring lens modulation and its application to the electrooptic chirping compression method for ultrashort optical pulse generation. In the pulse generation experiment, pedestal free optical pulses of 550 fs in width with a 16.25-GHz repetition rate were obtained by the group delay dispersion of a grating pair from a CW Ar laser. Furthermore, the electrooptic chirping compression method with the electrooptic phase modulator featuring lens modulation is applicable to the negative group delay dispersion as well as positive group delay dispersion

Keywords

argon; chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; electro-optical modulation; gas lasers; laser accessories; lenses; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; 16.25 GHz; 550 fs; Ar; CW Ar laser; CW laser; electrooptic chirping compression method; electrooptic phase modulator; femtosecond optical pulse generation; grating pair; group delay dispersion; lens modulation; negative group delay dispersion; pedestal free optical pulses; positive group delay dispersion; pulse generation experiment; repetition rate; ultrashort optical pulse generation; Chirp modulation; Delay; Electrooptic modulators; Lasers and electrooptics; Lenses; Optical pulse generation; Phase modulation; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.792554

Filename

792554