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Optical pulse compression to 8 fs at a 5-kHz repetition rate

Wayne H. Knox, R. L. Fork, M. C. Downer, R. H. Stolen, C. V. Shank, J. A. Valdmanis

Applied Physics Letters · 1985 · 237 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Single amplified 40-fs optical pulses are compressed to 8-fs duration at a 5-kHz repetition rate using self-phase modulation in a single-mode optical fiber.

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Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings

E. B. Treacy · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 1969 · 1.3K citations

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Negative dispersion using pairs of prisms

R. L. Fork, Oscar E. Martínez, J. P. Gordon · Optics Letters · 1984 · 934 citations

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Compression of optical pulses chirped by self-phase modulation in fibers

W. J. Tomlinson, R. H. Stolen, C. V. Shank · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · 1984 · 586 citations

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Generation of optical pulses as short as 27 femtoseconds directly from a laser balancing self-phase modulation, group-velocity dispersion, saturable absorption, and saturable gain

J. A. Valdmanis, R. L. Fork, J. P. Gordon · Optics Letters · 1985 · 422 citations

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Compression of femtosecond optical pulses

C. V. Shank, R. L. Fork, R. Yen et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 1982 · 402 citations

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