Title :
Shortening of laser pulses at the focus of a chromatic lens
Author_Institution :
Accel. Syst. Div., Argonne Nat. Lab., Argonne, IL
Abstract :
We show that a long self-modulated laser pulse can be shortened at the focus of a chromatic lens as the result of a destructive superposition of the field due to the radius-dependent group delay.
Keywords :
lenses; optical pulse shaping; self-phase modulation; chromatic lens; laser pulse shortening; long self-modulated laser pulse; radius-dependent group delay; Laser noise; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; 320.5520; 320.5540;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
