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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Towards CEP stable, single-cycle pulse compression with bulk material

Jean-claude KiefferAndrew D. ShinerBruno E. SchmidtFrançois LégaréCarlos Trallero-herreroPhilippe LassondeDavid M. VilleneuvePaul B. CorkumJean-pierre WolfPierre Béjot

subject

Femtosecond pulse shapingMaterials sciencebusiness.industryPhysics::OpticsNonlinear opticsSecond-harmonic generationWavelengthOpticsPulse compressionHigh harmonic generationHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentbusinessSelf-phase modulationUltrashort 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 1.6 cycles at 1.8 µm wavelength.

https://doi.org/10.1364/up.2010.mb3