Title :
Generation of a 800 fs pulse using a self-similar pulse compression technique
Author :
Harvey, J.D. ; Méchin, D. ; Im, S.-H. ; Kruglov, V.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Auckland Univ.
Abstract :
We report the generation of a 800 fs linearly chirped pulse using an improved self-similar compression technique in a decreasing dispersion fiber amplifier. It is to our knowledge the shortest pulse generated with that technique so far
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; 800 fs; chirped pulse; dispersion fiber amplifier; pulse generation; self-similar pulse compression; Chirp; Dispersion; Distributed amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548024