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Compression of optical pulses to six femtoseconds by using cubic phase compensation

R. L. Fork, C. H. Brito Cruz, P. C. Becker, C. V. Shank

Optics Letters · 1987 · 927 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

We demonstrate that a combination of prisms and diffraction gratings can provide not only quadratic but also cubic phase compensation of ultrashort optical pulses. We obtain compressed pulses as short as 6 fsec.

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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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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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Spectral hole burning in large molecules probed with 10 fs optical pulses

C. H. Brito Cruz, R. L. Fork, Wayne H. Knox et al. · Chemical Physics Letters · 1986 · 269 citations

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