Optical pulse compression based on enhanced frequency chirping
Abstract
Through numerical simulations, we show that, under relatively general conditions, passage of an intense picosecond pulse through a single-mode optical fiber can cause the pulse to become strongly frequency broadened with a positive chirp (linear frequency sweep) describing essentially all of the energy of the output pulse. Also, because the optical fiber supports only a single transverse mode, the entire output beam profile has the same frequency modulation. These two features allow for unprecedented optical pulse compression.
DOI
10.1063/1.93306Citation
Grischkowsky, D., & Balant, A. C. (1982). Optical pulse compression based on enhanced frequency chirping. Applied Physics Letters, 41(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93306