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Towards CEP stable sub two cycle IR pulse compression with bulk material

David M. VilleneuveBruno E. SchmidtFrançois LégaréAndrew D. ShinerJean-pierre WolfPierre BéjotPaul B. CorkumJean-claude Kieffer

subject

Optical amplifierFemtosecond pulse shapingMaterials sciencebusiness.industryPhysics::OpticsSecond-harmonic generationAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsWavelengthOpticsPulse compressionOptoelectronicsHigh harmonic generationHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentbusinessSelf-phase modulationBandwidth-limited pulse

description

We demonstrate both experimentally and numerically that self-steepening during propagation in a hollow-fiber followed by linear propagation through glass in the anomalous dispersion enables pulse compression down to 1.9 cycles at 1.8 micron wavelength.

https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2010.ftux2