Title :
Femtosecond optical pulses
Author :
Fork, R.L. ; Shank, Charles V. ; Yen, R. ; Hirlimann, C.A.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Recent advances in generation, amplification, compression, and frequency broadening of femtosecond optical pulses are reviewed. We describe use of colliding pulse mode locking to generate pulses of 65 fs duration and pulse compression to reduce those pulse durations to 30 fs. Amplification of femtosecond pulses to gigawatt powers and frequency broadening to obtain white light continuum pulses while retaining femtosecond pulse durations are also examined.
Keywords :
Mode locked lasers; Optical pulse amplifiers; Optical pulse compression; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Ring lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1983.1071898
